Apple One to One Research

Today’s generation of students looks at technology as part of their everyday environment. To fully meet their needs, technology should be pervasive — always available. In 1 to 1 learning, each student has access to a wireless laptop to use at school and at home, enabling communication and collaboration among peers and teachers, and connecting parents to their children’s learning. And educators are provided digital tools to create learning plans, manage educational content, track student progress, and more. - Apple Website
Apple - Metiri Research Paper
Time - Education in the 21st Century
Apple - One to One Initiatives
Apple - Accessibility Guide
Apple - Why Apple

Alberta Learning eMerge Project Research

Alberta's learning system is beginning to investigate the educational merits of one-to-one mobile computing. Therefore, the Stakeholder Technology Branch will lead a systematic research study of one-to-one mobile computing with the objectives to:
•establish and support a research-based, one-to-one mobile computing community of practice;
•further investigate the potential educational benefits of one-to-one mobile computing;
•dentify technical merits and innovative practices in one-to-one mobile computing;
•share expertise, experience and lessons learned related to one-to-one mobile computing; and to
•inform and support one-to-one mobile computing implementations within Alberta's learning system.
Alberta Learning Literature Review
Emerge Participant Resource Website

Eastern School Township Project

The Eastern Townships School Board recognizes that one to one computing, using laptops, supported in a wireless environment and properly implemented, can improve the performance of students. The intent of this project is twofold. It focuses on Learning and Teaching. The first primary objective is to enhance our students’ achievements such that improvements in literacy; numeracy; reduction in the repeating of grades; reduction in the dropout rates of Eastern Townships School Board students are attained by June 30, 2007. The second primary objective is to empower our teaching personnel by providing a technological tool for integration into the curriculum and teaching practices.

 

Fort Saint John Wireless Writing Project

In September 2003, Peace River North (SD 60), implemented the Wireless Writing Program (WWP), providing iBooks on a 1:1 basis to all grades 6 and 7 students. Implementation involved 1150 students, and 37 teachers in 17 schools, and followed a successful 18-month pilot project. The Wireless Writing Program (WWP) is designed to improve student achievement, motivation, and learning skills, through the integration of technology with writing instruction. The BC Performance Standards for Writing are an integral part of the program.

 

Maine Learning Technology Initiative Project

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative is the first statewide learning with laptop initiative. It started as the idea of former Governor Angus King, at a time when the state had a 50 million dollar surplus. Governor King asked Maine resident Seymour Papert if it wouldn’t be fantastic to increase the student to computer ratio to 3 to 1. Seymour said not to bother; it was only at 1-to-1 that there really was an impact.

 

Anne Davies

Anne has worked in most Canadian provinces, American states, and overseas. She works with educators at every level - primary to post-secondary, as well as parents. Anne is involved with schools and jurisdictions in multi-year projects, working closely with local educators. This allows her to help people find assessment for learning solutions that work in a specific context. Anne does sessions at home in the Comox Valley, and works with educators in various locations to provide workshops to meet local needs. She also works with professional development and instructional leaders.