Students are teaching younger children, teachers and even their parents how to use the machines. In Snohomish, learning now can take place anytime, anywhere. The laptops make learning relevant and the students know it. Students are engaged in ways they weren't before. The laptops are unlocking doors to learning, so that students who weren't doing well now are succeeding.
Parents are much more involved in their children's education.
And our community business partners are commenting on the tremendous collaboration now taking place among students, because that's exactly the way they want them to act in the workplace. Part of a Revolution Snohomish's exploration of laptop computers began more than a year before the 1996-97 school year. Parents who designed computers, let alone used them daily, were among those who wanted their children to be a part of that revolution. The private, non-profit Snohomish School District Foundation, established to accept donations on behalf of the schools and to award scholarships and teaching grants, began asking what the district was doing to prepare students for a world of technology. So did others.