There's a "disconnect" between school administrators and parents. While more than half of America's school principal's said they think they're "doing a good job" preparing students for the 21st century, only a third of parents of middle school and high school students agreed, according to research released by Project Tomorrow and Blackboard.
Before the 1:1 rollout we spent at least six months on staff development. Going from 30 kids in a room opening textbooks to 30 kids opening computers is a significant shift.
Four years later we're still not there yet but we've definitely made progress. Getting to 100 percent is going to take a while.
"When you move an entire district into a digital environment a lot of things change. What doesn't change is the fact that everything revolves around academic achievement."
"Read this whitepaper to learn how to prepare for the movement to mobile and digital learning in the classroom by exploring the necessary requirements for network and budget along with understanding the benefits of going digital. "