Posts Tagged ‘ 1:1 ’

Tools, technology, and magic: technology in education

I was thinking about technology the other day at a Learning Series Alliance conference put on by Intel in Las Vegas. Teachers are at one time the biggest problem and the greatest asset for any transformation project in education. That’s simply because people are the biggest problem and greatest asset for any organizational change...
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Webcams gone wrong: School sued for remote activation

Here’s one from the “Seriously, you didn’t think this was a bad idea?” files: the Lower Merion School District of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, has been accused of remotely activating the webcams in its students’ laptops issued through their 1:1 program without the students’ knowledge or consent. While the case has yet to see a courtroom,...
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100,000 laptops for Maine students

100,000 laptops for Maine students

Maine is planning to expand its seven year old 1:1 computing initiative to 100,000 students. Currently, the state provides 37,000 Apple MacBooks for students in grades 7 through 12, plus 10,000 teachers and administrators. Now they’re looking to expand to serve an additional 53,000 high school students. This is one of the largest 1:1...
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