Additional District Laptop Programs

2006

Tech-Know-Build, Indiana
A network of teachers, parents, and community members are collaborating with middle school students and teachers to design, implement and evaluate students' problem-solving activities.

San Lorenzo Unified School District, California
The eLearning Project is designed to bring project based instruction into classrooms using laptop technology. Students in grades four through twelve receive a laptop computer that can access the Internet anytime, anywhere on the school campus through wireless technology.

Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky
Four underperforming schools enrolling 3,000 students participate in this laptop program.

2005

Alexandria City Schools, Virginia
T.C. Williams High School and Minnie Howard (9th grade) have implemented laptop initiatives for all students in their schools.

Fullerton School District, California.
The 1-to-1 initiative has been implemented in three schools in the Fullerton School District, California.

Hopkins Schools Grades 4 to 6, Minnesota

St. James Academy, Lenexa, Kansas
New Catholic high school goes all-digital.

Talbot County, Maryland
Talbot County Public Schools in Maryland has launched a 1-to-1 program for its 9th graders and has distributed more than 400 laptops.

Arizona Replaces Textbooks with Laptops
Vail, Arizona is introducing a laptop program to replace high school textbooks. For another article, click here.

One-to-One Project in Vermont
Three schools are participating in a pilot project for three years. The schools involved are Oak Grove elementary in Brattleboro, Irasburg school in Irasburg and Glover school in Glover VT.

Fayetteville Public School District, Arkansas
In Fayetteville there are two one-to-one projects currently in our highest "free and reduced lunch count" elementary schools. Fayetteville has roughly 8200 students and is in a high-growth area of the state. The Jefferson Elementary project was completed last year and program evaluation is occurring based on prior years' and this year's test scores. Simultaneously, Asbell Elementary is coming on-line throughout this school year. Both projects are designed to be implemented at a reasonable pace with grade-level training, training, and more training for the teachers emphasizing integration into core curriclum.

Fort Smith Public Schools, Arkansas
FSPS received an EETT Grant from the Arkansas Dept. of Education in August of 2004 for a pilot program in one elementary school. Every 4th, 5th, and 6th grader received a Tungsten E PalmOne Handheld Computer in October, 2004. Teacher training and equipment were included in the grant.

2004

September 2003 Plug In, Turn On, Win Out: Irving ISD, TX
How a district went from nearly no-tech to attention-grabbing high-tech in five years

September 10, 2003 One Alaska School District Goes All-PowerBook, Another Alaska District Experiments
Apple Executive Says Apple Has Sold Computers to Over 100 One-To-One Student Laptop Initiatives
          Anchorage School District's Instructional Technology News

October 15, 2003 iBooks given to 1,100 San Jose students
Gunderson High's Laptops: Educational Blessing or Expensive Distraction?

October 15, 2003 Greene County (NC) students get laptops
About 1,700 of the Apple iBooks eventually will be distributed to every middle and high school student in Greene County.

September 23, 2003 STILLWATER (MN): Board gives go-ahead for junior high laptops
The Stillwater Board of Education approved a plan to give every junior high student in the district a laptop to use at home and school, despite requests from dozens of angry parents to delay the decision.
          Laptops arrived and were distributed February 09, 2004

November 04, 2003 ENGLEWOOD (NJ): Shiny new Apples are at core of learning
The school district distributed 120 Apple iBook laptop computers; in coming weeks, administrators will deliver about 600 more computers - all paid for with federal grants totaling nearly $1 million - to classrooms for student use

August 14, 2003 Beachwood (OH): New Beachwood school virtually equipped
The district has been using wireless laptops in school for five years, but students could not take them home.

September 08, 2003 Chicago (IL): Schaumburg schools buying thousands of laptops for kids
By fall 2004, each fourth- through sixth-grader in northwest suburban School District 54 will get an Apple iBook to use both in school and at home--about 5,200 computers total.

October 2003 Carroll Community School District (IA)
All seventh graders and their teachers now have 1-to-1 computer access

Enhancing Education Through Technology (Manatee County, FL)
Improve Teaching Strategies and Increase Student Achievement