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The project couldn't have been done without the laptops and Internet connection.

But the Web is different; it's everyman's encyclopedia. "I gave them specific questions to look up," says MacLean, noting that she had already searched to make sure the answers were there and were understandable and accurate. "They could open their laptops and get it right then, and I would move on to the next activity."

When coupled with professional development, the one-to-one laptop program demonstrably improves student learning. But the amount of instruction that teachers receive is also lopsidedlopsided. The state offers webinars and a training staff, but not all schools make use of them.

We can learn what we want, when we want to, if we have the desire and the connection

a surge in personalized learning that, ironically, most people alive at the moment still don’t even know exists

spaces to learn

We live in a world where we can literally create our own learning networks in which we pull in content and mentors and collaborators to participate with us.

My daughter (and my son) are both getting used to learning what they want to learn, when they want to learn it, with whom they want to learn it, and they’re wondering why they can’t do more of that in school.

are we preparing students to learn without us?

the new dance that teachers have to learn in order to guide students to success—letting each student create his or her own learning experience yet still meet the expectations of the class, the school, the state, and now, perhaps, the nation

students have real difficulty identifying what they love

Sometimes finding a passion just takes time; for some students, it takes several texts or subjects before they find something that really sparks an interest.

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