The Masterplan

The £60m 2-year DCSF project has kicked off at our school.  For the uninitiated this is a government funded scheme to put laptops into some of the most disadvantaged homes in the country.
To quote:

Computers for Pupils
Computers for Pupils is a £60 million, two-year programme (2006–2008) aimed at helping some of the most disadvantaged secondary school [...]

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eeePCs come pre-installed with the wonderful Firefox browser. The 7-inch screen means that screen real-estate is at a premium so I have listed below some Firefox add-ons that I recommend.
Get rid of those pesky adverts:
Adblock Plus – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
Adblock Updater – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1136
Shrink the menus:
Compact Menus 2 – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4550
Hide all the menus and toolbars:
Fullerscreen – [...]

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Well my eeePCs have finally arrived at school and I have to say I’m more than impressed.  They may be diminutive in stature but they are feature packed and surprisingly well made for the price (ours were roughly £170 each).

Thanks to Ewan Macintosh for the image. 
So yes, the screen and trackpad are a tad on [...]

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The Guardian has an article today discussing the rapid adoption of eeePCs in schools, apparently with Ministerial support.
I’m still impatiently waiting for my 6 to arrive, they won’t be ordered until the school’s trial of Wi-Fi is underway and as with all things in school that is taking longer than expected
Jonesieboy’s trials have [...]

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Well I’m very excited, in a bid to trial wifi in our school, and spend some of our remaining budget I will be getting at least 6 new eeePCs next week. Initially they will be mainly for web access to the excellent MyMaths and other resources, but I’m sure they will become an [...]

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