These were my hijacked phrases:
The purpose of implementing a one to one computing program in the College is to integrate technology so that its use is intrinsic to the day to day schooling of all students, leveraging the technology to increase learning outcomes for all students.
Whilst laptop programs differ in many ways, there are commonalities across most, such as:
• students have individual access to computers loaded with contemporary software such as word processing, spreadsheets and multimedia creation tools
• access to internet is through the school’s wireless networks
• the focus on using laptops in the classroom is for research, assignments, assessment tasks and presentations.
It’s about what the 1:1 laptops enable in terms of new ways of teaching and learning.
Information literacy skills of locating, selecting, evaluating and synthesising information are, of course, important factors in success.
Websites contain course materials, outlines, calendars, exemplars and photographs. These website are also used to publish student work, post assignments as well as provide a collaborative workspace.
Using technology daily for student online collaboration and cooperative learning.
ongoing costs to institutions, including implementation, training, software licensing, monitoring, security, upgrades and maintenance.
improving educational outcomes and increasing equality
move towards individualising learning, which can increase independence and self-initiated learning in students, and extend their learning beyond the classroom.