By Ellen Ullman, Teaching & Learning
“For years, everyone saw the laptop as the magic bullet for integrating technology,” says Lewis Wynn, director of technology operations for Rockdale (TX) Independent School District. “It’s no longer about a specific piece of technology; we don’t know what the new tools will be next year, in three years, or in five years. The trick is to teach kids not how to use laptops but how to use technology in general.” Welcome to the new world order of one-to-one computing. As administrators scramble to offer ubiquitous technology in their districts, the goal has moved away from one laptop for each lap to…well…a plethora of alternatives. “Districts should be focusing on providing high-speed wireless networks and devices for those that cannot afford or don’t have,” CoSN CEO Keith Krueger says. “It is a rethink of one-toone and urgently needed in this time of economic crisis.”
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