Eee PC and Learning.com
January 23rd, 2008 by antThe Eee PC is seemingly finding success in both the general market and the educational market.
ASUS has just entered into a partnership with learning.com, who will provide web based educational content for the Eee PC being used in educational environments. The hope is to continue to facilitate the digital education of children by not only using the Eee PC but also by having educational software and content to use on it.
Also of note: The Fresno United School District in California recently ordered 1,000 Eee PCs for use by students and teachers.
It’s good to see that the Eee PC is finding it’s way into good hands.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Any idea why the Fresno District found them attractive? There are so many inexpensive laptops available that the eeepc is not the clear choice on price alone. The real reason to get an eeepc is it’s portability. It’s not clear that the tradeoffs (weight versus storage and screen size) are worth it in this setting.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
“The Xandros OS installed on the Eee is based on Ubuntu 7.10.”
Ummm… Wrong? LOL. It’s based on Xandros… Which is a form of Debian… Ubuntu is also a form of Debian…
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
The Eee is already rebadged by a specialist educational company in the UK - see http://www.rm.com/Primary/Products/product.asp?cref=PD1030046
January 24th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
i used to go to school in fresno. they always hop on the technology bandwagon but never implement anything. around 2000, they ordered TONS of ibooks that stayed in carts that were distributed to classrooms a total of 6 times in the 2 years i attended. they have money… and on that note, it’s good to see them supporting the eee. just don’t expect to hear much going on with the eee’s in fresno.
January 26th, 2008 at 10:07 am
As a high school history teacher I’m excited to see what learning.com and Asus come up with. The Eee has the ability to be an excellent classroom tool. A mobile lab of Eees would be nice with the right software.
February 28th, 2008 at 12:39 am
fresno and technology should be hand in hand. I see us being the center of the state that would be perfect to be more in the front end of classroom upgrades as well.
We can always hope pray and vote correctly to get things moving in the right direction.