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Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Obama Secures $750M In Pledges To Get Kids Online

ADELPHI, Md. (AP) -- Claiming progress in his goal to put the world at the fingertips of every American student, President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced $750 million in commitments from U.S. companies to begin wiring more classrooms with high-speed Internet.

Apple is pledging $100 million in iPads, computers and other tools. AT&T and Sprint are contributing free Internet service through their wireless networks. Verizon is pitching in up to $100 million in cash and in-kind contributions. And Microsoft is making its Windows software available at discounted prices and offering 12 million free copies of Microsoft Office software.

"In a country where we expect free Wi-Fi with our coffee, we should definitely demand it in our schools," Obama said at a middle school in the Washington suburb of Adelphi, Md. Students there are assigned iPads that they use in class and at home.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree with this but only if money spent wisely...should bring wideband to rural areas..education benefits too....but are'nt most products made overseas? Hope it helps our factories too..still a good investment...

Anonymous said...

Oh boy, now I bought software for many. They can use it after watching the big screen all day.

Anonymous said...

Wow this will really "boost academic results" in our public schools!!?? Watch for increased fees on your phone bills, as if there are note enough already!

Anonymous said...

He believes the younger he can pervert them the better. The more the better too. All this fraudulent poser does is corrupt everything.
He is an arrogant megalomaniac Marxist bent on spreading his perversion far and wide. What better way than to corrupt young minds?
It's directly out of the communist manifesto and Alinsky.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, kids need more distractions from their education.

Anonymous said...

Could actually teach them to read, write and speak proper English first.

Anonymous said...

8:15 No you did ent. Can I axe you not to be dissin O?

Anonymous said...

The younger they start going online, the sooner NSA can start files on each of them and track them longer through life.