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Opportunities that a one-to-one student laptop initiative would provide Challenges that would result from a one-to-one student laptop initiative Key understandings to support your recommendations Bibliography Research Group Homepage

Though a 1-to-1 laptop initiative will bring a new set of challenges to ISB’s students, faculty, administration, and parents it will be valuable and __it is worth implementing__. The use of laptops as a tool for learning will bring increased opportunities of improved information and communication skills, thinking and problem-solving, and interpersonal (collaboration) and self-directional skills (skills defined as essential for life in the 21st century) when facilitated appropriately. Furthermore, the use of technology in the 21st century will be as common as using a pencil, so giving the students the daily opportunity and guiding them to use technology effectively as a tool for learning and producer of work will prepare them for the demands of higher education, work, and citizenship in the future.
 * Recommendation**

A suitable laptop should include wireless connectivity, USB and FireWire (IEEE 1394), and have adequate battery life (Barrios, et al).

__//From Barrios et al://__
• All students must have access to appropriate tools and to challenging curriculum in order to bridge the digital divide by moving beyond basics and towards 21 st century skills. • 21 st century curriculum must be infused with skills necessary for living and working in an everchanging society. Relevant, real world education should include: • Teachers must create instructional environments in which students use higher order cognitive skills to construct meaning or knowledge, engage in disciplined inquiry, and work on products that have value beyond school. • Successful professional development: • Preservice teachers must: • Students and teachers must have access to rich multimedia resources to: • Laptop hardware and software must be sufficient to allow students to be creators of content, not merely passive receivers of content. The laptop must be available to use as a cognitive tool wherever and whenever the student is working. • Tech support procedures and planning must be adequate to prevent disruptions in laptop availability. Support should be handled at the lowest level practical. • In addition to the testing of basic skills, students should be given the opportunity to demonstrate 21 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">st <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">century skills through the use of technology-infused, authentic assessments. Assessment should become more integrated with instruction. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">• The laptop computer designated for this project should come equipped with and be capable of <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">running the following software: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">• Teacher machines should match student machines and include links to training resources. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">• Projects must provide professional development for all teachers and administrators in 21 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">st <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">century skills, their implementation, and assessment using technology, as well as training in the <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">integration of technology into the teaching of basic skills and content. Such professional development must: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">• Projects must provide for equity of access at school and at home for all students. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">• Projects must provide for equity of curriculum for all students. A project must not provide an <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">environment of learning with technology for some students, while limiting other students to <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">learning from technology. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">• Projects must be designed so that the laptop computer becomes an integral part of all subject <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">areas. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">• Projects must include a technical support plan designed to minimize disruptions in the availability of technology to students and teachers.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">The Task Force recommends that any laptop initiative conform to the following nine guiding principles: **
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">information and communication skills
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">thinking and problem-solving skills
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">interpersonal and self-directional skills
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">must be held on a continuous basis
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">provides mentors, coaches, or peer teammates to model appropriate integration strategies in actual classrooms
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">gives teachers feedback on their own performance
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">holds teachers accountable for implementing instructional strategies and student learning
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">experience good models of technology integration in all their preservice classes
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">have access to a laptop computer to support their coursework and field experiences
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">have field experiences that include an opportunity to teach in a 1:1 environment
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">extend their world and life experiences
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">engage their senses
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">incorporate into their own multimedia projects
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">provide building blocks of instruction
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">The end-user (teacher or student) should be taught to exercise problem-solving skills in <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">handling routine maintenance.
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">A school-based support staff should be able to handle the majority of technical issues on a timely basis and provide a loaner laptop while the repair is being made.
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">District support or other outsourcing should be available to handle major repairs.
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">word processing
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">graphic organizer
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">spreadsheet
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">multimedia authoring
 * 5) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">video and sound production
 * 6) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">web browser with links to state curriculum resources
 * 7) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">e-mail, messaging, and conferencing capabilities subject to school site control
 * 1) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">be held on a continuous basis
 * 2) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">provide mentors, coaches, or peer teammates to model appropriate integration strategies <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">in actual classrooms
 * 3) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">give teachers feedback on their own performance
 * 4) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT">hold teachers accountable for implementing instructional strategies and student learning