1:1 Laptop Program

Areas of Focus Today

• Survey from Sidwell Friends
• Research
• Why Tablets
• Who?
• When?
• PC vs Mac
• Professional Development
• IT Department
• Infrastructure Improvements
It is n o t a b o u t th e
te ch n o lo g y
It’s all about enhancing
student learning
• "When interviewing teachers around
the world, the overwhelming
response has been "we would not
want to go back to not using
laptops." And when I surveyed
students around the world, the
overwhelming response has been
'we want to learn with laptops.'"
 Pamela Livingston 1-to-
1 Learning: Laptop Programs that Work
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Survey from Sidwell
Friends
 S id w e llFrie n d s
Pa re n t Fe e d b a ck
 Sidwell Friends
Parent Feedback
It’s all about enhancing
student learning
 Sidwell Friends
Student Feedback
 S id w e llFrie n d s
S tu d e n t Fe e d b a ck
 S id w e llFrie n d s
Te a ch e r Fe e d b a ck
Notable improvements in:
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• Increased student collaboration

• Project based learning
• Students as independent learners
• Quality of student work
• Student organizational skills
• Efficiency
• Equity- students with individual learning
profiles no longer singled out
• Ubiquity- allow for spontaneous
investigation
What the Research Says..
The Maine Center for
Education Policy reports that
a large majority of Maine’s
middle schools have
successfully implemented the
1 to 1 laptop program and
there is already substantial
evidence that student
learning has increased and
improved.
It’s all about enhancing
student learning
It is not about the
technology
 Why Tablets versus
Traditional Laptops?
Improved Classroom Communication/Interaction
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“All in One" capability : computer or tablet

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Digital Notebooks using MS OneNote

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Flexibility: stylus or keyboard

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Annotate diagrams , mathematical equations

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Digital Drawings
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 Why Tablets versus
Traditional Laptops?
 When the vehicle for learning
allows more fluid use and multiple
modes for input and manipulation,
it’s possible for student thinking to
occur more quickly and easily.
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 Tablets and OneNote
All the capabilities of a laptop and
more
 PC vs Mac
– No Mac tablet....yet
– Limited to one vendor
– Many parents/students do have PC’s
– Should not have students and
teachers on separate platforms
– Would add huge layer of complexity
to IT Department, computer imaging
and network administration
 Who?
• Grade 7 and 8 Sept 2010
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• Grades 7 to 10 Sept 2011
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• Grades 7 to 12 Sept 2012
 When?
 Laptop Orders:
 April, 2010
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• Laptop distribution:
 Sept 8th : Grade 8 Orientation Day
afternoon
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 Sept 9th &10th : Grade 7 Preparing to

Learn Days
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Professional Development
– Conferences
• Cincinatti Country Day School
• Lausanne Laptop Institute
• PD Days with Technology Sharing
– 1:1 Implementation Team
– Subject specific PD. Release time/
department meetings
– Laptop School Visits
– June PD
– August PD
– IB Web 2.0 online classes
– Technology Integration Specialist
– Panel Discussions with teachers and
students
 IT Department
 Each period will have a designated IT
Support Teacher
 1 additional Help Desk Employee
 COOP student for busy periods
 Loaner Pool: laptops, batteries and
adaptors
 Onsite Warranty Repair
 New wireless
 New firewall
 Internet Bandwidth doubled
It’s all about enhancing
student learning
 Your Concerns and
Suggestions
• What do you have questions about?
– Professional Development
– Classroom Management (Facebook,
youtube, distractions)
– Student expectations/Teacher
expectations
– Benefits/Drawbacks of 1:1
– Power/batteries/ backup
– Other
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