Cover Story: The One-to-One Tsunami by Pamela Livingston
A look at the innovative programs that have made the one laptop-one child phenomenon popular across the country—and the effect it's having on student achievement.

Blogs Are Not the Enemy by Jeff Utecht
Why teachers need to reconsider their attitudes toward blogging and how blogs can help students learn to express themselves. Plus: Vicki Davis shows us how to blog like a king or queen.

Product Guide
Web Filters by James Careless
Filtering has become necessary at most institutions. But how can you be sure if your Web filter is the most appropriate choice?

Reviews
Vista by Carol S. Holzberg
This updated Microsoft OS looks great—but it will cost you.

Office 2007 by Carol S. Holzberg
Microsoft simplifies and improves its classic productivity suite.

What's New
Hitachi's CPX2 3LCD projector, new wireless upgrades, and more.

Editor's Desk
One-to-One evolves by Susan McLester

News & Trends
New studies, reports, and proposed legislation respond to a dearth of vision and practical uses of digital technology in schools. by T&L Editors

How To
I, Director by Jeffrey Branzburg
How to make and edit your own video.

Web 2.0: A Guide for Educators
A rundown of new tools and Internet sites, a pocket dictionary of new Internet terms, and a virtual tour of video sites that power student learning.

Emerging Tech
Google Apps Go Back to School by Lindsay Oishi
Curriculum development made easy with new software.

Bottom Line

• Forward the Foundation by Susan Brooks-Young
  Local education foundations offer an alternative source of school funding.
• Grants & Contests by Susan Brooks-Young
  Funding, recognition programs, and resources.

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