What Are the Real Benefits of a 1:1 Program? What Are the Biggest Challenges?

In this segment we explore the many benefits of providing every student with a portable computing device and some of the biggest potential pitfalls of setting up a 1:1 program. Follow: @alicebarr @hickstro @larryferlazzo @bamradionetwork Alice Barr is the Instructional Technology Integrator at Yarmouth High School in Yarmouth, Maine. She is also a Google Certified Teacher. Dr. Troy Hicks is an associate professor of English at Central Michigan University and focuses his work on the teaching of writing, literacy and technology, and teacher education and professional development. A former middle school teacher, he collaborates with K12 colleagues and explorres how they implement newer literacies in their classrooms.