Why Schools Must Move Beyond One-to-One Computing | November Learning - 139 views
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I’m concerned that most one-to-one implementation strategies are based on the new tool as the focus of the program. Unless we break out of this limited vision that one-to-one computing is about the device, we are doomed to waste our resources.
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Michael Stocks on 03 Mar 14I don't think this idea applies to just 1 to 1 but many other school implementations.
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DON PASSENANT on 18 Jul 14It is not the devices but the inability to create and implement standards that lead to 21st century skills. Too much buying stuff without expert advice and guidance.
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Then, teachers are instructed to go! But go where?
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it is a simplistic and short- sighted phrase that suggests if every student had a device and if every teacher were trained to use these devices, then student learning would rise automatically.
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Adding a digital device to the classroom without a fundamental change in the culture of teaching and learning will not lead to significant improvement.
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The planning considerations now evolve from questions about technical capacity to a vision of limitless opportunities for learning.
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As soon as you shift from “one- to-one” to “one-to-world,” it changes the focus of staff development from technical training to understanding how to design assignments that are more empowering—and engage students in a learning community with 24-hour support
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Perhaps the weakest area of the typical one-to-one computing plan is the complete absence of leadership development for the administrative team
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Support the design of an ongoing and embedded staff development program that focuses on pedagogy as much as technology.
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How can we build capacity for all of our teachers to share best practices with colleagues in their school and around the world?
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How can we give students authentic work from around the world to prepare each of them to expand their personal boundaries of what they can accomplish?