10,000 Hi-Tech Netbooks Get Students Back to School
Source: Victoria. Premier. Media Release
"Ten thousand Victorian Government students who started the 2009 school year will open the window to a portable virtual classroom under a new three-year trial of mobile, mini netbook computers launched by Premier John Brumby. Mr Brumby and Education Minister Bronwyn Pike signalled the start of the school year for Victoria’s 536,800 Government school students by delivering the new mini netbook computers to Hume Central Secondary College. “We’re helping Victorian students take their learning beyond the classroom walls and out into the world as these powerful and compact netbooks will allow students to learn anywhere and anytime,” Mr Brumby said. This Netbook pilot will open the door for thousands of students at more than 344 schools in regional and traditionally lower socio-economic areas to keep pace with all the benefits of modern learning by making 24-hour online access possible for just $1 per week."