This is an amazing post by Kim Cofino on Yokohama International School's planning for a 1:1 initiative. The strategies that they are using are excellent and she provides the reader with a wealth of resources.
agreed.... I thought this line was relates well back to what we were discussing before about BYOD
"Each student was issued a laptop, with an annual rental fee of $150. The computers are cut off from noneducational Web sites, including social networks. The children are not allowed to use any other computer for their work because, she said, "kids on the south end of town will have Cadillacs and others on the north end will have eBay versions. That's not equitable."
I'm no longer convinced that that would be the best solution for us; we're really not interested in our students having the same device; it simply is not reflective of the real world. Instead, we're teaching our students how to select the best computer and the most appropriate tools for their individual needs. I