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Auburn on Bloomberg EDU: Tablets in K-12 Education
The May 17th episode of the Bloomberg EDU radio focused on tablets in K-12 education. I shared Auburn's experience. Here is the description of the episode: Educators Discuss the Use of Tablets in K-12 Education (Audio) Sara Schapiro, director of … Continue reading
Posted in Advantage2014 - Auburn iPads, Technology for Learning
Tagged Aubschl, Aub_Adv2014, ECE_iPads, iPad
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The Series on the New MLTI: Choice, Auburn, and Learning
Maine has long had the first (and, unfortunately, only) 1to1 learning with technology initiative: MLTI. The MLTI contract was up for renewal this year, and, for the first time, Maine is allowing each district to choose from 5 finalist proposals, … Continue reading
Strengths of the Early MLTI Program – Let’s Keep Them Going
Maine's learning with technology initiative (MLTI) is going through changes this year: The contract renewal framed it not as a Maine contract, but as a multi-state contract, in hopes of making it easier for other states to do their own … Continue reading
Is the iPad a Viable Solution for the High School?
As districts are deciding which MLTI solution they would like to choose, there have been a lot of questions asked about if the iPad is a viable solution for high schools. Note 1: I'm not trying to convince folks to … Continue reading
What We Want from Technology – MLTI, Customized Learning, and School Vision
There have been many discussions around Maine since the Governor announced schools would have choice over which solution they select for MLTI for the next four years. But most of those conversations have focused on the device, or its capabilities, … Continue reading
What Did Auburn Choose for MLTI and Why?
Auburn chose the Apple Primary Solution (iPads for students; MacBook Airs and iPad Minis for teachers) for MLTI. Here is a two-page FAQ document we prepared for our teachers and community. Among other things, it explains our rationale for making … Continue reading
Schools Have MLTI Choice, But Compare the Solutions!
When Maine's Governor announced that he was awarding HP the contract for the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI), and not to Apple (who had been Maine's partner in MLTI for the last 12 years), he also told schools that they … Continue reading
Posted in Doing 1to1 Right, Technology for Learning, Technology Policies and Leadership
Tagged Leadership, MLTI
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Maine Announces State Technology Contract Award – But Not Apple (Kind Of)
We're in the middle of (a contentious) budget season, and I haven't been able to blog as much as I would like lately… But things took an interesting turn last Saturday, and even though I still really don't have time … Continue reading
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Auburn’s Data Shows (Again) The Positive Impact of iPads
Our School Committee wants to know if there has been an impact of having iPads in the primary grades classrooms, and there has been! In fact, we recently presented those findings to the School Committee. All our primary grades students … Continue reading
Is Project-Based Learning Supported by Research?
I'm surprised at how often I still get asked if Project-Based Learning (PBL) is supported by research (I guess this very old approach is still new to many folks…). The good news is that there is strong evidence that when … Continue reading
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