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**One-to-One Institute**   - A Complete Guide to One-to-One Computing in the K12 Environment. C  reate and implement an effective 1:1 initiative. In simple terms, the issues are planning, leadership, funding, infrastructure, professional development, instruction, evaluation, and sustainability 2007 A Study of the 1:1 Laptop Program at the Denver School of Science & Technology [|Anywhere Anytime Learning Federation]  - needs membership to access most resources <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Funding Your One-to-One Vision]  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   This eBook explores some possible solutions to the funding challenge. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops]      <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why a handful of schools are abandoning one-to-one computing programs <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|A Study of the Application of Emerging Technology: Teacher and Student Perceptions of the Impact of One-to-One Laptop Computer Access] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Doctoral dissertation on Sedgwick High School’s (KS) teacher and student perceptions of the impact of one-to-one laptop computer access. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|2006 One-to-One CoSN TCO Case Studies] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">|| Three school districts which have implemented one-to-one student laptop programs were selected by CoSN as case studies for better understanding Total Cost of Ownership and benefits related to their one-to-one program. [|Apple 1 to 1 Learning: Impact and Results] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Research studies show that students with higher levels of access to technology are more motivated in school and develop important skills that prepare them to succeed in the 21st-century. In this collection of research reports and resources, learn how the impact of 1 to 1 learning has contributed significantly to an increase in student engagement, leading to higher attendance rates, fewer discipline issues, and overall improved academic performance. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Freedom to Learn Part 1—Hale to the Program] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> || For the past several years, something quite extraordinary has been happening in Michigan’s middle schools: Almost 21,000 students have participated in the state’s Freedom to Learn (FTL) program, in which each student has access to educational technology such as Hewlett-Packard laptops and software such as Encarta Encyclopedia and Discourse. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Freedom to Learn Part 2 — Students Taking Charge] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Freedom to Learn Part 3—The Missing Link] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This is the last of three articles about Freedom to Learn, an innovative program implemented during the past few years in the state of Michigan. [|Freedom to Learn Program: Michigan 2004-2005 Evaluation Report] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Blueprint Solutions for K-12 One-to-One Computing Initiatives] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  An online tool of key information resources for education leaders and others interested in implementing one-to-one anytime, anywhere computing in K-12 education <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Laptop Learning: Reforming Education with One-to-One Learning] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Evaluation of the Texas Technology Immersion Project] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|Starting School Laptop Programs: Lessons Learned] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The following lessons, drawn from articles and reports about current and past programs, are intended to increase information sharing across laptop programs and help leaders and stakeholders build on existing knowledge. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|An Investigation of the First Year of 1:1 Computing in New Hampshire Middle Schools] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The current paper presents a program evaluation of the initial nine months of a 1:1 laptop program across six New Hampshire middle schools. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|A Computer on Every Desk]  <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Each student can and must get wired. Here's how. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|A Study of One-to-One Computer Use in Mathematics and Science Instruction at the Secondary Level]  <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This report describes the findings of the evaluation of a Teaching and Learning Initiative, <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Lessons Learned About Providing Laptops for All Students] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> published lessons learned from many laptop initiatives <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Miracle or Menace: Teaching and Learning with Laptop Computers in the Classroom] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An overview examining the effects of integrating laptop computers on teaching practices, student learning, and student attitudes <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Maine Learning Technology Initiative] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A set of five research reports (summative and case study) and four mid-year evaluation reports of Maine's one-to-one program [|Overview Laptops for Learning Task Force, Florida]   <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Florida considers implementing one-to-one technology for our students, we need to consider carefully the lessons learned, identify potential barriers to success, and recommend a direction that will be cost effective and have the greatest impact for transforming teaching and learning <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Laptop Learning: An Examination of Upper Elementary Classrooms With 1 to 1 Student to Computer Ratio] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> evidence that when full versus shared access to laptops is provided, technology use for a variety of academic purposes increases significantly. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> [|The Sustainability Challenge: Taking Edtech to the Next Level]  <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> introduces a framework, or critical factors, for successful technology integration that are the building blocks of sustainable educational technology programs. <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|Using Technology to Enhance Connections Between Home and School] <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> synthesize research on the effectiveness of programs that use technology to improve links between home and school      <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">