Drill Down

  • 10/01/09

In "Safe at Home." we look at the ways schools protect laptops distributed to students as part of a 1-to-1 computing program. Below, administrators report on the obstacles they encounter in the effort to provide students with take-home technologies.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Three of the top four most often cited barriers to issuing take-home devices reflect cost concerns.
  • Affordability of the device was named by more than half of the respondents as an obstacle.
  • Curricular-based issues (class management, coordinating schoolwork) rate as less of a concern.

What are the top three barriers you face when providing tech-based learning opportunities for students beyond the classroom?
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Drill Down--Data courtesy of Speak Up 2008, an annual national research project that surveys K-12 students, teachers, parents, and administrators. Speak Up is produced by Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit organization providing leadership, research, and programming to support science, math, and technology education in America's schools.

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