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Schools and districts across the country are expanding their use of educational technology through the adoption of one-to-one (1:1) computing initiatives. One-to-one initiatives provide every student and teacher with a personal digital wireless device that includes up-to-date software and access to the Internet at school (Penuel, 2006). These initiatives also emphasize the use of 1:1 devices for teaching and learning (Muir, Manchester, & Moulton, 2005) to meet goals such as increasing equity of access to technology, updating teachers’ knowledge and skills to improve instructional quality, increasing student engagement, improving academic achievement and technology literacy, providing more effective learning opportunities for students with special needs, increasing economic competitiveness, and enhancing home-to-school connections.
This brief summarizes findings from the evaluations of six major 1:1 initiatives: Florida’s Leveraging Laptops, Maine’s Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI), North Carolina’s 1:1 Learning Technology Initiative (NCLTI), Michigan’s Freedom to Learn (FTL), Pennsylvania’s Classrooms for the Future (CFF), Texas’s Immersion Pilot (TIP), and Henrico County, Virginia’s Teaching and Learning Initiative. The brief begins with an overview of each initiative and a description of the methodology used by evaluators. It continues with a description of the findings reported by evaluators in three areas: student outcomes, instructional practices, and planning and implementation. The brief concludes with a summary of major findings and a list of critical issues to consider when planning a 1:1 initiative.
