Here she goes again...

I think about the 1:1 initiative a lot. You might say too much.  Here are some thoughts :

The focus of a 1:1 school should be the efficient and productive use of existing technology.  Every faculty member that has access to a laptop should be using it as a teaching tool.  This means more than just showing Powerpoints or YouTube videos. I believe an important first step to take is to require teachers to create a class webpage and use electronic submission methods for assignments (Google Docs).  (I know math is tricky). The next step is to rethink traditional writing assignments and projects by requiring the use of online tools and software.  Introducing e-textbooks would be useful, too, but in my perfect world the need for textbooks disappears.

Before new devices are handed out, teachers should have a better understanding of what they can already do with what already exists.