Tablets loaded with e-textbooks

The attached article discusses the growing number of schools using tablets loaded with e-textbooks to replace hard copy texts. 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-09-03/Many-US-schools-adding-iPads-trimming-textbooks/50251238/1

Cloud Computing

This is a great article on the powers of cloud computing.  We are already using much of this in our District.  The issue would be accessibility outside of the school and continuously during the school day.  1 to 1 could help solve that.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/leading_from_the_classroom/2011/05/are_you_ready_for_cloud_computing_in_schools.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeadingFromTheClassroom+%28Leading+From+the+Classroom%29

Ipads at the elementary level

This article is about Ipad use for 2nd and 3rd graders in Fayette County.  Good idea of the multiple applications available to engage students.

http://www.kentucky.com/2011/04/19/1712001/ipads-enhance-learning-in-some.html

Charlotte, North Carolina 1 to 1

This article shares how a high school in Charlotte, NC improved test scores and saved money by going to a 1 to 1 laptop program.  The district has actually now introduced the program all the way down to the 4th grade.

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/27508562/detail.html

Online Education in Jefferson County

This is a good article about online education to individualize instruction.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/03/17/25overview.h30.html?tkn=PYLFtrWERwO2MkCgsRg0p6y8%2F91h421D%2Fgna&cmp=clp-edweek?TC11EWH

Videoconferencing Learning Opportunities

This is an article from the Courier Journal. It discusses a middle school in Bullitt County video conferencing with a school in New York.

Article about online content use.

This is an article and video about how Daviess County is using online content to replace textbooks. Notice at the end of the clip they mention that their high school students already access 80% of the material online.
http://www.wfie.com/story/13958136/ky-schools-taking-advantage-of-online-learning-materials

More 1 to 1 Research

This link is to an article from a Boston College study on 1 to 1 classrooms. It compares classrooms with 1 to 1 with classrooms that have intermittent access to laptop carts.
http://www.bc.edu/research/intasc/PDF/Andover1to1.pdf

Laptops of Larue Website

This is a link to Larue County’s laptop initiative. They have some great information and links that chronicle the development of their program.
http://www.larue.k12.ky.us/lol/Pages/default.aspx