1. What really matters & what’s worth doing? Bruce Dixon Co-founder Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation Founding Director ideasLAB

2. What’s now possible?

3. The goal of AALF is to ensure that all children have access to unlimited opportunities to learn anytime and anywhere and that they have the tools that make this possible. To achieve this, the AALF helps schools develop visionary school leadership and knowledgeable, innovative educators. bdixon@aalf.org

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7. What the research tells us… Student attendance increases and students are more motivated and more engaged (Russell, 2004, New Brunswick, 2004-06) Students write more, more often and better. (Silvernail, 2004, Warschauer, 2005 ) Overall improvement in test scores (New Brunswick, 2004-06 ) Students engagement in critical thinking, problem- solving, and higher-order thinking on a task increased with 1-to-1 students; more willing to address/assess controversy within an assignment (Rockman, 1998)

8. Increase in 21st century learning skills – including multimedia engagement, greater quality/quantity of writing, multiple/deeper investigation of information ( Warschauer, 2005) Motivation, engagement, independent work, interaction, and class preparation/participation of students with disabilities improved (Harris, 2004) Access to a laptop for teachers and their students often forced a change in teachers’ level of risk and openness to learning (Rockman, 1997) As digital confidence grows, and teachers are more ambitious… –More students are accessing more mathematics in deeper ways. –Students explore new dimensions of accessing new knowledge –Students are more engaged in in-depth research ( Warschauer, 2004) What the research also tells us…

9. Teachers perceive that students exhibit a range of learning behaviors that are better because of the laptops (Silvernail, 2004) There is a greater level of effective delivery to students with special needs and individualized learning programs. (New Brunswick, 2004-06) There is a statistically significant change towards a constructivist teaching practice; teachers indicated the laptops were important in making these changes (Rockman, 2000) Teachers’ attitudes and beliefs significantly affect implementation and success (Penuel, 2005) What the research tells also us…

10. Baldwin (1999) documented effects on student behaviors at home such that students reported spending less time watching television and more time on homework. Substantially more time is spent on science and mathematics knowledge deepening in comparison to what has been found in studies that focus on non-1:1 laptop settings (Ravitz, Wong, & Becker, 1999; Russell, O’Brien,Bebell, & O’Dwyer, 2003). What the research tells also us…

11. What will have the most impact, in a sustainable, scalable way? What don’t we yet know? How can we structure future research such that it is not irrelevant, irrational or redundant? What should be the focus of research such that we avoid the excesses of the past? So what questions should we be asking?

12. What is the impact of 1 to 1 on student achievement? How might we best design assessments that truly reflect contemporary learning priorities? Questions worth considering…

13. What is the impact of keyboarding on handwriting? How does keyboarding/word processing in a 1 to 1 learning environment improve student expression? Questions worth considering…

14. How does 1 to 1 impact on mathematical achievement? How does 1 to 1 empower us to rethink how we teach mathematics? Questions worth considering…

15. Do spell checkers let students cheat on their spelling? How do spell checkers impact on a students vocabulary development? How might 1 to 1 enhance a student’s spelling? Questions worth considering…

16. An idea worth exploring: Personalising Spelling and Vocabulary

18. How does 1 to 1 impact on mathematical achievement? How does 1 to 1 empower us to rethink how we teach mathematics? Questions that matter…

19. What age should you teach students keyboarding? Should we teach keyboarding before handwriting ? Questions that matter…

20. How might a technology-rich learning environment contribute to a student’s ability to self-organize and self-direct their learning? Questions that matter…

21. How might ubiquitous computing access offer new dimensions of personalization? Questions that matter…

22. The PbyP learning cycle What to use for goals? Lifelong competencies Arranged in Skills Ladders Clear progression up a ladder Can be understood and evidenced by the learner

23. The PbyP learning cycle What to use for goals? Lifelong competencies Arranged in Skills Ladders Clear progression up a ladder Can be understood and evidenced by the learner Structured mentoring Parents, teachers and students have access to their goals and evidence at all times – even through their mobile phone Work submitted to the web 2.0 community Evidence of their achievement is uploaded by the learner Work is peer assessed …by another learner who already has achieved this goal Marked work joins the learners e-portfolio and can be seen by all users to inspire them

24. Setting a Priority for a Public Voice… Advocacy and Thought Leadership

25. Why are we not more ambitious in seeking answers to what technology makes possible for schools, for learners and for teachers?

26. What are the necessary pre-conditions for effective transformation?

27. An idea worth exploring: Transformation Index

28. Northern Metropolitan Region Transformation Index Pilot July 2010

29. What’s now possible?

30. “My goal in life is to find ways in which children can use technology as a constructive medium to do things that they could not do before....to do things at a level of complexity that was not previously accessible to children” Prof. Seymour Papert 1998

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