Hey all,
The article below was published in 2003, but has gotten recent attention due to California’s digital textbook initiative:
http://www.edutopia.org/maine-laptop-initiative
http://www.micdl.org/
It took almost two years for success stories to start flowing.
The article below was published in 2003, but has gotten recent attention due to California’s digital textbook initiative:
http://www.edutopia.org/maine-laptop-initiative
http://www.micdl.org/
It took almost two years for success stories to start flowing.
Click the link to read the article and watch the video.
Excerpt from article: The laptops have spurred a host of projects that often cut across disciplines and allow students to go more deeply into subjects, in contrast to "mile-wide, inch-deep" instruction. Such projects, says Ship Bright, executive director of the Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute (MLCI), help answer the question: "How do we make these laptops more than a $2,000 pencil?"
What I take from this article is that it takes a huge, long-term commitment of more than a few people to make a project like this successful.
Excerpt from article: The laptops have spurred a host of projects that often cut across disciplines and allow students to go more deeply into subjects, in contrast to "mile-wide, inch-deep" instruction. Such projects, says Ship Bright, executive director of the Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute (MLCI), help answer the question: "How do we make these laptops more than a $2,000 pencil?"
What I take from this article is that it takes a huge, long-term commitment of more than a few people to make a project like this successful.
Another Digital textbook resource: http://ck12.org/flexr/
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