[kictanet] Tech in the classroom

S.M. Muraya murigi.muraya at gmail.com
Wed Jan 29 14:50:21 EAT 2014


More interesting stuff here...

http://www.sanctuarymedia.com/paperlessmojo/chromebooks-for-paperless-classroom/

Regards

Murigi / Stanley Muraya

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On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:39 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> An interesting read.
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