1 to 1 Research

As we move forward to determine next steps with the use of mobile computing in Foothills, here's some research to review:

• 1:1 Learning Results - Apple
• ISTE Essential Conditions
  
  http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS-S_2007_Essential_Conditions.pdf
  
• “The Impact of Maine’s One-to-One Laptop Program on Middle School Teachers and Students: Phase One Summary Evidence Research Report #1”
  David L. Silvernail, Dawn M. M. Lane, Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University of Southern Maine, February 2004 online at:
  http://mainegov-images.informe.org/mlte/articles/research/MLTIPhaseOneEvaluationReport2004.pdf
  
• University of Southern Maine reports at:
  http://www.usm.maine.edu/cepare/mlti.htm
  
• Additional Maine Gov’t. Reports at:
  http://www.maine.gov/mlte/resources/research.htm
  
• “Teaching and Learning for Tomorrow: A Learning Technology Plan for Maine’s Future”
  Final Report of the Task Force on the Maine Learning Technology Endowment
  January 2001 Online at: http://mainegov-images.informe.org/mlte/resources/mlterpt.pdf
  
• “First Year Evaluation Report Fullerton School District Laptop Program”
  Dr. Mark Warschauer, Department of Education, University of California, Irvine and Douglas Grimes, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, October 20, 2005
  
  http://www.fsd.k12.ca.us/menus/1to1/evaluation/FSD-laptop-year1-eval.pdf
  
  
• Peace River North (SD 60), British Columbia: Wireless Writing Program (WWP), providing iBooks on a 1:1 basis to all grades 6 and 7 students. … involved 1150 students, and 37 teachers in 17 schools:
  
  http://www.prn.bc.ca/Wireless_Writing_Program.html

Blogging!

Blogging continues to be an area of the web that I see huge potential in learning. Here's some food for thought for those of you interested in blogging.

• How to Grow a Blog: http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2007/10/27/how-to-grow-a-blog/
  Bloggers about schools: http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers
• Why is Your Pink on the Field? an example of a Gr 6 student blog and some responses
  http://guysread.typepad.com/theblurb/2008/09/post.html
• Good student examples for secondary with good comment responses http://students2oh.org/ and http://students2oh.org/2008/08/31/innovate-or-die/#comments