Learning and Leading - August 2011

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Think Outside the Book

Kevin Carney

The Vail School District in Arizona improved student achievement by taking advantage of free, digital resources and relying less on textbooks. Now the district is sharing its curriculum practices with 25 schools across the state.

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Mission Possible

Three Keys to One-to-One Success

Carol Mortensen

Making a one-to-one computing program work calls for more than just placing a computer on everyone’s desk. It takes a complete transformation of learning and teaching. Here are a few lessons one technology integration specialist learned on the path to one-to-one success.

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How to Pay for Your
One-to-One Program

Rich Kiker

Think there’s no way you can find the funding to start a one-to-one program? These creative strategies will allow any district to get the distributed computing program of its dreams—and pay for it too.