Authors: Jessica Kuohn, Matthew Miller and Jilane Richardson
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What is 1:1 Implementation?
What is 1:1 Implementation?
One-to-one is when every student is provided accessibility to technology for learning in the classroom. Technology may include laptops, ChromeBooks, iPads, tablets, or even cell phones. This method of implementation is becoming more prominent with each passing year of education.
One-to-one is when every student is provided accessibility to technology for learning in the classroom. Technology may include laptops, ChromeBooks, iPads, tablets, or even cell phones. This method of implementation is becoming more prominent with each passing year of education.
One-to-One Laptops in a Fifth Grade Classroom
One-to-One Laptops in a Fifth Grade Classroom
Click on this video to learn some of the benefits of utilizing laptops in the school, as well as hear the thoughts of one teacher and her students.
iPads in the Classroom
iPads in the Classroom
Click on this video to learn how one teacher utilizes one-to-one iPads in his classroom at the elementary level.
Infographic created by Matthew Miller
What do students have to say?
What do students have to say?
Q: What's it like going to a high school where everyone had their own iPad?
Q: What's it like going to a high school where everyone had their own iPad?
Former Student Answer: I think it was cool having an iPad because it gave us a bigger range of things to do, but also I think it hinders learning because it can be a distraction. I still preferred doing nearly everything on paper and know a lot of people who did. Paper can rarely fail you, when an iPad on the other hand dies, lags, and glitches.
Former Student Answer: I think it was cool having an iPad because it gave us a bigger range of things to do, but also I think it hinders learning because it can be a distraction. I still preferred doing nearly everything on paper and know a lot of people who did. Paper can rarely fail you, when an iPad on the other hand dies, lags, and glitches.
What's it like being a teacher with 1:1 Implementation?
What's it like being a teacher with 1:1 Implementation?
"I went from being the technology coordinator at a small, parochial school to a one-to-one learning environment with students who had been using iPads for learning since their inception at the school. Before, everyone counted on me to have all of the tech answers. During my one-to-one experience, 99% of the time my students knew more than I did! If there was something I didn't know how to do, I would just ask them; most of the time they already knew the answer, or their little fingers could get to the search engine before I was able to even hit the power button on my iPad!"
"I went from being the technology coordinator at a small, parochial school to a one-to-one learning environment with students who had been using iPads for learning since their inception at the school. Before, everyone counted on me to have all of the tech answers. During my one-to-one experience, 99% of the time my students knew more than I did! If there was something I didn't know how to do, I would just ask them; most of the time they already knew the answer, or their little fingers could get to the search engine before I was able to even hit the power button on my iPad!"
-Jessica Kuohn, One-to-One experience, 2014-2016
-Jessica Kuohn, One-to-One experience, 2014-2016
What are some things to consider before moving completely to a 1:1 environment?
What are some things to consider before moving completely to a 1:1 environment?
"In 2011 I helped open a new school in the district. This was the first 1:1 school in Utah. This was an experiment, and no one really knew what to expect. Putting technology into the hands of junior high students without a plan can be a dangerous thing. A 1:1 classroom is not just like a face-to-face classroom with computers. Lessons should be specifically designed to incorporate the technology. Do not just use technology for technology's sake. As the teacher, you are the guide. You decide how the technology is used; you decide what students are supposed to be doing. Don't let the technology be the babysitter. "
"In 2011 I helped open a new school in the district. This was the first 1:1 school in Utah. This was an experiment, and no one really knew what to expect. Putting technology into the hands of junior high students without a plan can be a dangerous thing. A 1:1 classroom is not just like a face-to-face classroom with computers. Lessons should be specifically designed to incorporate the technology. Do not just use technology for technology's sake. As the teacher, you are the guide. You decide how the technology is used; you decide what students are supposed to be doing. Don't let the technology be the babysitter. "
-Jilane Richardson, One-to-One experience, 2011-2017
-Jilane Richardson, One-to-One experience, 2011-2017
Compatible Apps
Compatible Apps
- Mindly: (for Android devices) Mind mapping
- Plickers: (for Apple mobile devices) Polling app
- Plickers: (for Android devices) Polling app
- Popplet: (for Apple mobile devices) Mind mapping
- ShowMe: (for Apple iPad) Create lessons using the whiteboard, share with the community, find lessons to enhance your teaching
- Pearltrees: (for Apple mobile devices) Organization and sharing
- Pearltrees: (for Android devices) Organization and sharing
Compatible Apps list created by Jilane Richardson
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