Lessons+Learned+&+Ideas

As we read and learn about other schools' programs and examples, we can collect the wisdom of the crowd here. I was thinking ideas of things to copy and not copy.

1. I noticed in the webinar, 1 of the schools had 1-1 in MS and did not have students taking the computers home. I hadn't thought of that as a middle ground, but think it is something to remember.

2. Also from the webinar, I noticed that the importance of cases or protecting and securing the laptops was something I had not thought of before.

3. I toured Haverford School's new building and spoke with their Director of Technology. They gave laptops to staff a long time aga hoping they would see the possibilities for classroom use, but it hasn't worked that way. This says to me, PD, PD, PD. It won't happen (be useful or meaningful) just by providing the computers.

Slide Show: 1:1 Computing: Beyond the Halo Effect. A slide show detailing the experiences of two separate schools and steps and measures they took, their lessons learnt etc. media type="custom" key="5669179"

Blog posts Principal at Peoria Notre Dame High School, Peoria, IL wrote about his experience [|here].