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Re: 1 to 1 Computing -- Seeking Input
You may consider contacting Kyle Hughes. OSMTech (now CSMTech) where FRC27 is based out of has had technology in the classroom as long as I was aware of the program. They never quite had a program where they gave out computers to students to use as their personal machines but they did have a set large enough for a whole class to use. She may be able to offer some insight from an educator's perspective of the benefits and drawbacks of this sort of program.
As for those people saying that it only effects 10-15% of students because most already have computer access... I wish you were right. It depends heavily on the area, in 2009 I had a student on the team whose family did not have a phone line. No, I don't mean they didn't have a cell phone. I mean their family had no phone at all. For years we struggled with parents who could not afford to drive their students to meetings because it would use too much gas.
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