A Look at Issues Surrounding one-To-One School Districts

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In the end the only thing that could really prepare us for the one-to-one initiative was personal experience. We went to training during the summer, collaborated, and asked a million questions. After jumping in to the school year, teachers began to figure out what worked for them. The technical difficulties have been minimal, and there is really no more disruptive behavior than there was before the implementation of the laptops. It is not yet known whether there have been any gains, achievement wise. I believe we need a few more years to adapt our teaching and become more comfortable with the technology and then look at the data.

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