Why 1 to 1?What do we hope to gain with a 1:1 program? - Increased student engagement.
- Additional tools for differentiation and personalization of learning.
- Increased opportunities for the 4 C's and 21st Century Learning: Collaboration, Communication, Creativity and Critical-Computational Thinking.
- Equity of access to content and tools.
- Alignment with recommended practices from 2010 National Technology Plan and 2014 California Education Technology Blueprint.
- Address California Common Core State Standards with increased technology focus and assessments.
- WASC suggestions for increased technology at PHS.
What outcomes are we expecting? - Increased engagement (attendance, participation, achievement).
- More instructional minutes for research and writing due to less transition to labs, carts, etc.
- Improved writing skills with more instruction and practice in class, and access at home.
- Further implementation of Common Core State Standards.
- Increase in differentiation with additional tools and access to new formative measures.
- Better citizenship in ALL of our communities, digital and physical.
Why chromebooks? - Low Total Cost of Ownership.
- Manageability and scalability with small support staff.
- Chrome and ChromeOS permit device agnostic flow to/from Chromebooks.
- Keyboard.
- Start up in less than 8 seconds.
- Cloud-based storage, no back-up systems required, so lost devices don't mean lost work!
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