1:1 means one computer
for each learner within a classroom or school.
The device is normally (but not always) Internet enabled and could be a desktop, laptop, netbook, hybrid, tablet, eReader, smartphone or handheld.
I’m doing loads of work at the moment around 1:1 and devices in schools at a system, state and school level. Interestingly in many of the places where I have been working these large scale 1:1 technology initiative are not driven by Ministries of Education but instead Ministries of ICT or Ministries of Technology.
As a result, the focus of such projects tends to be heavily on the device and units and not always on the pedagogical approach of how such initiatives could transform learning.
I often start any conversations with people about 1:1 by exploring some of its great myths.
I’ll be picking up on five of these over the next week…
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