What are the strategies for success with 1-to-1? 1-to-1 learning with laptop initiatives are complex programs with multiple factors impacting success. Looking over the results of ubiquitous computing initiatives across the country and learning from the Maine Learning Technology Initaitive, the Maine Learning with Laptop Studies have identified some of those factors. There are three critical components: the students and their learning the teachers and their teaching the leadership There are also four supportive, but necessary components: access to technology (including it working when they need it to) professional development partnerships funding Successful initiatives attend to all seven factors. The leaders of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI - http://www.mainelearns.org/), the first statewide learning with laptop initiative, have been working for over three years with 240 middle schools across Maine. Some have demonstrated more success than others, and MLTI staff have identified many of the strategies which have contributed significantly to the success in those schools. Further, MLTI staff have noted that the use of some of those strategies is often missing in less successful schools. The success strategies are in five categories: vision and goal setting; leadership; professional development; technical support; and procedures and policies. The Success Strategies can be found at http://moore.portlandschools.org/ibook/strategy_links.html.   Strategic Responses: How well is your school attending to all 7 factors for success? Explore how to gather evidence about what's happening locally. How many of MLTI's Success Strategies has your school used? Are there some you should be implmenting?

The 1-to-1 Advocate 1-to-1 Evaluation MLLS Home MLTI MLLS Research Briefs         The Maine Learning with Laptop Studies is a project of the Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning in collaboration with The Institute for the Integration of Technology Into Teaching and Learning   Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning University of Maine at Farmington 252 Main St. Farmington, ME 04938 http://www.mcmel.org Mike Muir, Director mmuir@maine.edu 207-778-7179 Inservice Available   The Institute for the Integration of Technology Into Teaching and Learning University of North Texas Matthews Hall Rm. 316 1300 Highland Ave. Denton, TX 76203 http://www.iittl.unt.edu/ Gerald Knezek, Director gknezek@gmail.com 940-565-2057 Rhonda Christensen, Associate Director rhonda.christensen@gmail.com Created by Mike Muir Last updated: March 24, 2005