Digital and Diverse

When Duke University decided to replace its much-publicized iPod giveaway with the a broader technology project called the Duke Digital Initiative, administrators invited professors to recommend high-tech tools they’d like to use in the classroom. It seems that faculty members haven’t had too much trouble thinking of gadgets they’d like to play around with: In addition to iPods, professors are now experimenting with tablet PC’s, blogging software, and Global Positioning System tracking units. (The Duke Chronicle)

For more on Duke’s experiments with educational technology, see an article from The Chronicle by Brock Read.