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Summary of current Laptop Initiatives - 1 views

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    This was compiled by NC state's College of Education and reviews states that have current laptop initiatives in place and looks at the planning and implementation of these programs as well as student outcomes. It was interesting to read about HENRICO COUNTY in this, which is the largest school system in the United States to have deployed a 1:1 laptop program on its own. I didn't know that!
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Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops - New York Times - 2 views

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    Interesting article about a school right outside Richmond Va, that has decided to eliminate the use of laptops due to lack of progress.
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    Interesting article. As we have been discussing several problems exist. Lack of teacher training is one. The other looks to the behavior of the students. Perhaps the laptops need to stay at school so that no one "forgets" theirs at home. Students can only use them during classtime and there is a teacher sitting at the back of the room to ensure that all students are on appropriate sites.
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    Can we trust students? (I believe yes...We must trust students so they will rise to the occasion, rather than sink to lowest expectations. I also think if students are challenged to use computers for more than pure peer social interaction, we may be able to limit the "inappropriate" use you mention. So, actually, it comes back to teacher training. It makes my head hurt.
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1:1 Learning: Laptop Programs That Work - 0 views

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    This provides a preview to the book listed in the title. The book provides several insights for implementing a successful laptop program in schools
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Studies validate laptop programs in U.S., - 0 views

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    Two recent studies of schoolwide one-to-one computing initiatives--one in the United States and one in Canada--suggest that using laptops in the classroom can help improve students' writing skills and bolster overall academic success. The studies come as an increasing number of states and school districts are rolling out laptop programs of their own.
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Are One-to-One Laptop Programs Worth the Investment? - 0 views

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    Interesting article about a K-8 school in California that spearheaded a 1:1 laptop initiative. Article talks about the challenges the school faced, as well as, tips for implementing a successful 1:1 program.
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School Tech: 6 Important Lessons From Maine's Student Laptop Program - 0 views

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    These lessons resonated with me as I begin to critique and review Henrico's 1:1 laptop initiative.
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Teaching with Technology - One-to-One Computing - 0 views

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    One-to-One Computing by Prof. Jim Lengel, Boston University College of Communication (http://www.bu.edu/jlengel and http://www.lengel.net) Two weeks ago in this space we discussed the growing trend toward laptop computers for teachers and students. We considered the growing trend of high school and college students bringing their computers in to the classroom and lecture hall.
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Library: Information & Technology - 0 views

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    Majority of the articles reproduced here are digests produced through funding from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S.Department of Education. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S.
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1:1 Schools Blog - 0 views

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    This is a collaborative blog dedicated to 1:1 computing environments in elementary and secondary schools.
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Inspirational Talking Points Justifying 1:1 Computing - 1 views

shared by amorejon on 16 Apr 12 - Cached
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    selling points for 1:1 computing
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    After reading this, I am struck by the thought of how the excitement and motivation changes from when a child is in elementary school to when he/she attends high school. At the high school level it often appears that the students resist looking at the sites they are instructed to. I have often passed by a classroom window where several of the students were on a relevant site while the rest were looking at anything from football to what is on sale at a local department school.
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One-to-one computing programs only as effective as their teachers | eSchool News - 1 views

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    A compilation of four new studies of one-to-one computing projects in K-12 schools identifies several factors that are key to the projects' success, including adequate planning, stakeholder buy-in, and strong school or district leadership. Not surprisingly, the researchers say the most important factor of all is the teaching practices of instructors.
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    A brief article detailing what s necessary for an effective 1:1 computing program.
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Inspirational Talking Points Justifying 1:1 Computing - 0 views

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    Here is Stager again, offering a series of answers to inspire a community to broaden its vision.
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Encouraging Distraction? Classroom Experiments with Mobile Media - ProfHacker - The Chr... - 0 views

shared by jenwilkerson on 16 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • I think the best place to start when thinking about incorporating technology into the classroom is by asking the question, “What is the right tool for this particular job?” Sometimes it’s a digital tool and sometimes it’s not. But when we force a digital tool into a classroom scenario where it isn’t the best one for the job, students are extremely quick to pick up on this “tech for tech’s sake” implementation.
  • And the faster and more intense our connectedness becomes, the further we move away from that ideal. Digital busyness is the enemy of depth.”
  • Instead, if used in a dynamic way that addresses the medium’s strengths, mobile media can actually get us to engage with each other and with the spaces we move through in deep, meaningful, and context-rich ways.
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  • It is apparent that the students often shift between the two classroom spheres. Does this “distraction” take them away from engaging with the content I’m presenting? Quite the contrary. From my experience, they are engaged with the material that is being discussed in a much more sustained way because the devices that have typically severed as “distractions” in the past (e.g. using the laptop or the mobile phone to access Facebook) are now being utilized to constantly engage them with the material.
  • The quiz began with a QR code posted on my office door (I started here so they would all know where my office was located!) that led them to a download of the 7scenes app.
  • from Broadcastr to Foursquare
  • When they arrived to class on the day of the field test, we all went geocaching around campus.
  • The three groups each decided to create fictional narratives and used a range of mobile media from websites designed for the iPad, geocaches that contained narrative elements, and one group even built a reverse geocache that held the contents of the story.
  • Soon, if it hasn’t happened already, every teacher in higher education will have to develop a strategy for mobile phone use in the classroom (whether that be to integrate the technology or to ban it).
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West Prairie Board approves three-year technology plan - 0 views

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    Find whatever you're looking forwith Totally Local Yellow Pages West Prairie School District's three-year technology plan, approved by the district's board of education Thursday night, includes steps to move the district towards implementing a one-to-one digital learning program that would provide students with their own device, such as a laptop computer or iPad.
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Education Week: Building the Digital District - 3 views

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    Our NC folks will be particularly interested in this....
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    I just posted a comment in our blog about us not being certain of the real impact in the students' learning process as a result of the use of technological resources... This article has started to answer this question...
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