One-to-One Computing: Models, Tools and Practice
One-to-One Computing:
Models, Tools and Practice
Presented by:
Ruben Puentedura, Ph.D.
Join your colleagues in the region as we continue to explore how to transform schools by using technology integration tools for teaching and learning.
Dr. Ruben Puentedura comes to us from the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. This series
supports school teams of tech integrationists, teachers, and administrators in thinking about transforming instruction when all students have access to computers (1 to 1 initiative).
The beginning: in the late sixties, Alan Kay and Seymour Papert develop a vision of the laptop computer as a magical learning book that adapts to the needs of every child.
Twenty years later: in the late eighties, a single school in Melbourne, Australia pioneers school-scale one-to-one by providing a laptop to every student.
Today: Uruguay's "Ceibal Project" extends one-to-one computing to every single elementary school student in the country.
One-to-one computing is no longer a visionary dream - it is one of the leading tools for transforming education today. One project in particular, the Maine Learning Technology Initiative, has been providing laptops to all middle school students in the state since 2002, and has now expanded its scope to the high schools. We will look at what has been learned from the Maine experience, and how it is crucially relevant to other projects of its kind. Some simple yet powerful models have guided professional development and school change through the process: we will use these models to help us understand which key physical and human infrastructure elements need to be in place for success. In turn, this framework will help us see the central role that coaching and leadership teams have to play in the process. Finally, we will look at what the latest research on wide- scale use of student computers has to tell us about enriching and transforming education, not just within the context of one-to-one initiatives, but at all schools today. Continue to next page →
Dr. Ruben Puentedura, Founder and President of Hippasus, has implemented transformative applications of information technologies for over twenty years in educational institutions, hospitals, and arts organizations. He has worked with the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) since 2003, and is the creator of the SAMR model for selecting, using, and evaluating technology in education, as well as research on educational gaming and digital storytelling.
All schools in Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle Counties are members of CVEDC-ESA
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