Provoking thought and action toward effective digital teaching
and learning THOUGHT LEADERSHIP | by Eliot Levinson, et al.
January 15, 2013 This article is the second of three 1:1
computing papers from the BLEgroup Thought Leadership
Consortium, which brings together a small number of
knowledgeable firms and school districts to collaborate on
topics critical to effective digital teaching and learning. For
this paper, Carolina Scientific, Atomic Learning, Your Teacher,
Common Sense Media and Capstone Digital collaborated with
Westonka (MN), Calcasieu Parish (LA), Cheyenne (WY) and Miami
(FL) school districts. Implementing 1:1 computing is like
cooking the perfect meal: For spectacular results, you must
conduct the process slowly and patiently, using the right
ingredients at the right time…all the while visualizing the
outcome. In K12 schools, 1:1 computing connotes a child having
his/her own device. Most school districts believe they are
engaging in 1:1 computing when there is a ratio of one computing
device,