1-1 Laptop Program Evaluation Request

[Tami Brass]

Hello,

My school has had a 1-1 student laptop program in place for about 7 years. Our technology committee is in the process of evaluating the program and would like to know what other schools, independent schools in particular, are doing in terms of 1-1 programs.

Some of the questions we’re tackling for our program:
• What should be the grade level configuration?
• What access is optimal at each grade?
• Might carts be a better model for some grades?
• Should some grades have more restrictions than others?
• How are independent schools paying for the technology? School purchase? Parent purchase? Parent lease? Tech fees? Other?
• Who determines make/model of laptop?
o Mac vs Windows
o Mixed platform with standard spec/cross-platform
o Traditional laptop vs. Tablet
o Software suites
• What are some exemplary independent schools with 1-1 programs?

I’d appreciate any feedback you can provide on the topic. I’d like to compile the info, resources and examples I find into a wiki for the committee.

[Tami Brass]

I've created a survey for people to leave feedback. I plan to make results I receive public and post them on my blog by the end of January.

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=59ClKukD1APOEQaVWE3LkA_3d_3d

[Karen Ward]

You might want to consider contacting Cincinnati Country Day School (http://www.countryday.net/ ) as they have had a laptop and tablet program for some time now and might have the type of 1-to-1 evaluation. I noticed that all of your evaluation tends to deal with the laptops themselves, platforms, and software; do you have an evaluative piece that deals with instruction and learning outcomes? This can be quite a challenge for schools.