"It's been about 10 years since Maine implemented its initiative, and while at
least 33 states had experimented with one-to-one computing projects
by 2007
, none have reached the scope of Maine's project. As
jobs and life increasingly involve computers, it's clear that in order to remain
relevant to students, schools will need to adopt more technology. Here are six
lessons about doing so successfully, taken from Maine's initiative."
"Teaching is a noble call that suffers when we practice in isolation and
flourishes when we work together, and at no time in history have we had the
tools we do today that allow us to work
together
for
the good of our children. When we take the time to learn and embrace these
tools, we grow as professionals-I can testify to that wholeheartedly."
If you have a well-developed, well-nurtured learning network, and you have the access and the skills necessary to utilize it, then you "know" more than someone who does not.