Benefits
- School
projects saved online for public access give students real world experience
with actual audience (Ricadela, 2008)
- Statistically
significant gains on state test scores in language arts among students who had
spent two years in a 1:1 program (Stansbury, 2010)
- Measurable
change in teacher practices and student engagement (Stansbury,
2010)
- Positive
influence on behavior, attitude, and attendance (Oliver &
Corn, 2008)
- Individualized
learning (Oliver & Corn, 2008)
- Data
driven decision-making by teacher to personalize and modify instruction (Oliver &
Corn, 2008)
- Teachers creating more student-centered and
constructivist designed lessons (Dunleavy, Dextert, &
Heineket, 2007)
- Teachers have the ability
to give and receive rapid feedback on progress (Dunleavy,
Dextert, & Heineket, 2007)
- Improved
writing and research skills, especially among boys (Crais, 2006)
- Sophisticated
projects leading to more advanced thinking and higher-order processing (Crais, 2006)