1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs That Work [Paperback]

Pamela Livingston (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1564842258 | ISBN-13: 978-1564842251

When every student in the classroom has a laptop, tablet, or handheld computer at their fingertips, a whole new world of instructional possibilities appears. Get ready to map those possibilities with Pamela Livingston's guide to 1-to-1 programs that work. You'll find practical planning advice and a host of implementation resources.

Learn how to form an effective and inclusive planning committee, choose hardware and software that will integrate well with existing systems, select the most cost-effective purchasing, support, and funding options, anticipate and overcome logistical challenges, plan professional development activities that inspire teacher buy-in, and much, much more!

Learn from the leaders of the most successful 1-to-1 programs in the country how to plan and roll out a program that will work from day 1!

Also available:

IT's Elementary!: Integrating Technology in the Primary Grades - ISBN 1564842282
RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom - ISBN 1564842398

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Review

A timely book. . . . 1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs that Work is a comprehensive resource for planning and implementing laptop programs in the classroom. --CDW-G Newsletter

About the Author

Pamela Livingston has been an educator and administrator at independent schools for thirteen years. 1-to-1 Learning is the result of interviews with more than three dozen laptop school leaders, a review of the studies and research on laptops and schools, and the author's own professional experience leading the laptop program at the Peck School in Morristown, New Jersey, where she works as head of technology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: ISTE (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564842258
• ISBN-13: 978-1564842251
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,916,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pamela Livingston has spent the past eighteen years directing education technology programs at schools. She's currently Product Manager at Tutor.com leading the development and implementation of a new Professional Development product for K-12 teachers. The author of ISTE's bestseller "1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs That Work", Pamela wrote the book by spending over a year interviewing laptop leaders around the U.S., synthesizing research and studies on 1-to-1, and documenting her experience running a laptop program. The 2nd edition, which includes new chapters on tablet PC's, leadership, and making the shift to student-centered teaching, was published in June, 2009.

Pamela has written for "Learning & Leading with Technology", "Connected Classroom", "Digital Directions" and "Technology & Learning" and writes a monthly column for HotChalk entitled "One-to-One That Works." A frequent presenter and keynote at national conferences such as NECC, Lausanne Collegiate's Laptop Institute, South Dakota's Laptop Conference, and Penn State's One-to-One Conference, Pamela is an adjunct professor at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia teaching two course she designed for Philadelphia teachers "Emerging Technologies for the Classroom" and "Intro to Online Learning." She also teaches a distance learning course for U. Mass Boston which she designed entitled "Internet for Educators." With a B.S. in computer systems from CUNY and an M.S. in education and technology from Chestnut Hill College, Pamela is a Google Certified Teacher. She can be followed on Twitter as plivings and blogs at http://www.1-to-1learning.blogspot.com and co-blogs at http://1to1schools.net.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Concrete ways to achieve success in the classroom through the use of technology, July 5, 2007

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This review is from: 1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs That Work (Paperback)

Educators talk about their desire to implement 1-to-1 laptop programs in the classroom but oftentimes they hold back, citing cost and the lack of objective measures of success. Other schools spend the money but don't have a solid rationale. Either approach results in failure, as a May article in the New York Times about the dismantling of such programs demonstrated. I imagine the results would have been different if the heads of technology at those schools had read Pamela Livingston's book. Finally there's a reader-friendly manual for programs that more than justify their cost. It's made a world of difference at my school and two other schools nearby.