Learning Blog

During the past few months, I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about Information and Media Literacy — I believe that this is one of the most concrete reasons to implement a laptop or 1 to 1 program in a school. To be responsible citizens in the 21st Century, students need to be ethical, [...]

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At my school, we purchased five Tablet PCs this fall and have been exploring how they work as an educational tool. We have passed them around to faculty and students to get their thoughts and ideas on how to use them. After we had a few faculty test them out, they asked, [...]

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Check out Jeff Mao testifying before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on C-Span (His testamony begins around minute 14). His report is available here. Jeff provides some interesting charts at the end of the reports on data from the Maine 1 to 1 program.

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On Friday, February 17, 2006, I had a conversation with Jeff Mao, Coordinator of Educational Technology for the Maine Learning Technology Iniative (MLTI), about 1:1, the stories of the Maine laptop program, and what schools who are thinking of 1:1 should be doing to prepare. I’ve known Jeff for at least six years [...]

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David Warlick has really been asking so many thought provoking questions lately. Today’s question is, “Should we be going to a 1:1 arrangement in our schools?”
I’m in the process of trying to implement a Tablet PC 1:1 program in our 5th grade for next year. We’ve begun a conversation with my department, our Middle School [...]

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