Teacher Laptop Initiative

One school in my district is looking to start a laptop initiative with its teachers. Does anyone know of where we could look for a graph for that?

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Permalink Reply by Brad Edwards on April 5, 2010 at 8:48am

Erin:
I'm the lead Technologist at a rural K-8 school in Maine where every 7+8 grader has a state supplied MacBook, case and charger(about 250, including staff). We also have several carts (COWS-computers on wheels) and classroom sets. Are you looking for a one to one, a cart to be shared? I don't know of any benefactor who would provide the equipment, very hard to find, but I do have lots of information about how to manage the devices whether a one to one or a COW that's shared and could help with drafting the proposal.

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Permalink Reply by Erin Waggoner on April 5, 2010 at 8:50am

They actually are looking for a one to one for teachers and not students. The goal is to do away with a desktop in the classroom for teachers and provide a laptop that they can take home to work on.

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Permalink Reply by Judith Briggs on April 5, 2010 at 1:46pm

Here are a few grants for technology found in
Technology Grant News Spring 2010
http://www.technologygrantnews.com

The website has stories of teachers winning technology grants too, and what grants.

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