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What is 1:1 Computing Classrooms

Chapter 7
Handbook of Research on Digital Information Technologies: Innovations, Methods, and Ethical Issues
Places where every child in the class has a laptop computer with wireless Internet and printer capabilities for at least fifty percent of the day. Ideally, every child would have a laptop 24/7 but the reality is that the learners may have access to mobile labs with a class set of laptops and a printer within a wireless environment for half of the learning day or might have access to the laptops during school hours only.
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One to One Computing and Teacher Transformation
Andrew Kitchenham (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-970-0.ch007
Abstract
This chapter outlines a recent study on 1:1 computing and teacher transformation. It begins with an introduction to the theoretical framework of transformative learning and an overview of the professional literature dealing with 1:1 computing and teacher transformation. The study is then outlined, including the sampling procedures, participant background, and methodologies used. The remainder of the chapter presents the findings and conclusions related to the central theme of whether 1:1 computing transforms teachers. The chapter concludes with implications for the future.
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Chapter 188
Laptops and Teacher Transformation
Places where every child in the class has a laptop computer with wireless Internet and printer capabilities for at least fifty percent of the day.
Published in Chapter: Laptops and Teacher Transformation; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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