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 * Welcome to the Magellan 1:1 Computing Initiative Planning and Implementation Wiki Page. **

Maine's Innovative Computing Initiative: What is 1:1 computing and how does it support learning?

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 * This is a two-year old child today. What will our future third graders be able to do when they arrive at Magellan? How will they expect to learn? What do we need to be teaching to prepare them for safe and ethical use?**

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Videos:
Learning and Motivation in the 21st Century

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From Wendy -- 21st century learner -- "embracing change" -- "learning out of school is just as impt." -- "talks about digital learning as 'informal learning that needs to work in conjunction with formal learning' media type="youtube" key="c0xa98cy-Rw" height="315" width="560"

Added by Wendy -- I really like what the speaker says about the "shift in learning that needs to occur" found in clip at min. 2:58-3:50
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21st Century Skills in Action: Critical Thinking. Creativity, Problem-solvingmedia type="youtube" key="2s6PIrXwt7M" height="306" width="544" align="left"


 * Teaching the 21st Century Learnermedia type="youtube" key="DTWTKDdw8f4" height="315" width="560" align="left"**


 * 21st Century Skills: How Do We Get There?**

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 * A Vision of K-12 Students Today**

**Working Groups Needs Page: Navigate to this page to add the items you need from other working groups.**
**[|NC 1:1 Ning]**Sharing resources for planning and implementation

Vision/Mission Draft

Excellent information about the [|Digital Conversion]at Mooresville Schools Deploying 1:1 Learning Environments for the 21st Century- A comprehensive guide by Intel

1:1 Computing: A Guidebook to Making the Right Decisions -Another planning guide by Intel and Microsoft

[|FCC Digital Playbook]A guide for K-12 to leverage broadband and rich digital learning experiences



**Resources:**
Excellent article about shifting to a student-centered, inquiry-driven classroom: [|Shift Your Classroom: Small Strategic Steps] Watch the video in the article for good examples of what this kind of instruction looks like for the students. Project-Based Learning
 * Instructional Practice:**

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Research as it pertains to instructional practice/outcomes.

Resources for Best instructional practices, Project-based learning, and Technology Integration at [|Edutopia]

[|A Normal Morning]A blog post and video of a classroom using iPads with pairs of students. Great look at one example of technology-supported learning where students take responsibility for their own learning.

[|Should You Flip Your Classroom?] Discussion about the idea of 'flipped" classroom. Moving low-level knowledge acquisition to outside the classroom via teacher made video clips, ebooks, links, etc. (made possible by 24/7 access) so that more valuable learning activities that require problem-solving, collaboration and critical thinking can be done during the school day. [|More]about flipped classrooms

[|An iPad in Every Teacher's Hand]An article describing the potential of tablet devices. Helps us to keep visualizing possibilities.Some interesting comments follow.

WebQuests present and scaffold problem-based learning projects in a well-organized and accessible manner. They are a tried and true strategy that has been much used for the last 15 years. [|Here]is a free WebQuest maker. This site includes examples from all grades and subject areas. Simple short-term project example: [|European Explorers].

[|Life in an Inquiry-Driven, Technology Embedded English Classroom]Great article about student-centered learning

[|Great idea for backchanneling]during video in a 1:1 classroom

[|Environmental Web Quest] for Science that utilizes technology to support a project to win a ficticious $1 million award from HOW (Help Our World)

[|Great Guide to IPads in the Classroom]

[|Assorted articles curated at ScoopIt]for 1:1 Implementation

[|Teaching Language Arts in a 1:1 Classroom]

[|100 Video Sites Every Teacher Should Bookmark]

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[|Writing in Math]:Computers Work as Well as Pencils-Sometimes Better

January 2012: Netbooks are being evaluated for the 1:1 fall 2012 pilot.
 * Devices**:

We are currently evaluating the Acer Aspire One netbook [|Acer Netbooks] Acer Education brochure

Evaluation Matrix: Article: [|7 Myths About BYOD Debunked]I especially like what they discussed in Myth 7.

Chromebook video clips: [|Chromebook Features]Click the video links.

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Chromebook reviews from Jean Moorefield [|Review 1] [|Chromebook explained]-check out the comments section

Lenovo Tablet x120e [|review]

[|Top 10 Sites for Educational Apps] [|Bloomin' IPad Apps]- A collection of free apps to support each level of Bloom's taxonomy [|Thoughts about the Management of IPad apps]as teachers' personal apps vs school property [|Top 25 Android Apps for Education] [|Android Education Market]
 * Educational Apps for Various Devices**
 * Android-based**: (Lenovo Tablet)

Web Apps for use on Android and Chromebooks: [|50+ Killer Apps for Your New Chromebook]

Teaching with Your iPad overview of apps for various instructional tasks

[|Flex Books]Create or share e-textbooks.

Sample Work Group Planning for Timeline
 * Technology: Infrastructure, Hardware, Software, Management and Deployment**

Device Management Tools (Network level):

Device Management Tools (Classroom level)

What is a[| learning management system?]
 * Learning Management Systems**

Introduction to [|Haiku Learning Management System]

Engrade is recipient of foundation funding [|NewSchools Venture]

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[|Moodle]: Free Learning Management System

[|Edmodo]Learning Community