WHY GO 1:1?

All the time easy access to technology – “everywhere learning”

More time for learning without wasting unnecessary time using a mobile cart model or traveling to a computer lab

True student and teacher ownership = strong sense of responsibility and desire for continuous professional development and excitement for technology integration

Increased critical thinking opportunities

Valuable instructional and assessment tool for teachers and students (formative and summative)

Students assessed for 21st-century outcomes

Opportunities for online textbooks and up-to-date access to information

Increased student-centered learning

Enhanced student and teacher collaboration

Increased student engagement, accountability, and creativity

Reduced printing costs, paper usage, photocopying, and textbook purchases

Increased active reading opportunities and ownership of information - students can annotate within a text

Increased opportunities for interdisciplinary learning

Access and maintain a portfolio for four years to demonstrate measurement of 21st-century expectations (NEASC)

Increased opportunities to differentiate instruction