The project was piloted in four schools last year, and will be brought into all district schools this year. We decided through our work with Dell and other experts that we would better achieve our vision for a new kind of learning by bringing high-capacity notebooks, then make them available for teachers and kids to use as needed. We wanted these units to be an individual gateway. So, we are building a model in which every child is cerebrally invested, engaged in research and real-world problems. Power brings those options.
Great teaching brings convergence.
In addition to strong teaching and creativity, there are real economic considerations. Rodrigues observes that there are implications in this strategy for reducing total cost of ownership. The less complex that infrastructure is, the more time kids can spend learning and teachers can spend teaching. The laptop also gives maximum flexibility. Students can learn in the halls.