Why 1 to 1 Learning

Apple 1 to 1 Learning

The digital divide between students and schools.

Twenty-first century children are the first truly digital generation. They live and learn differently than children from even a few years ago. They live within and respond to the rapidly transmitted sights and sounds of the digital world - from television, computers, video games and the Internet, to cell phones, PDAs, email and instant messaging.

Multitask masters

Digital students often multitask in ways that previous generations could not imagine. For example, they might use a phone, a computer, instant messaging and the Internet to collaborate on homework, all while watching television and listening to music.

These kids respond to sensory input differently. Research indicates that constant exposure to multiple, overlapping sights and sounds has affected the neural pathways of digital kids’ brains. In fact, some researchers contend that multisensory input helps kids learn, retain and use information better.¹

Unfortunately, many classrooms don’t work that way. Pencil, paper, lecture, textbook, review and test are still the norm. To digital kids, therefore, school has become less engaging, interesting or relevant.

Apple 1 to 1 Learning brings them together.

There is a way to bridge the digital divide. A way to engage students and make education relevant once again. How? Research shows that students with routine access to laptop computers score higher in writing assessments, demonstrate better analytical skills, engage in problem solving and collaborate more effectively on schoolwork - all of which, ultimately, lead to higher student achievement. Apple 1 to 1 Learning solutions provide that access.²

A wireless connection to the 21st century.

Instead of relegating 21st century learning skills to the computer lab, Apple 1 to 1 Learning solutions bring them directly to each student’s desk and kitchen table. At school, the wireless network puts them in immediate contact with daily lessons, Internet research, as well as collaboration with teachers and classmates.

Teachers can guide students on a digital tour of the human brain or ancient Rome. Students can work and collaborate, then turn in homework simply by clicking “send.” Students get more access to learning and more time to learn. Teachers get better teaching tools and, by automating tasks from correcting homework to posting grades, have more time to teach.

¹ How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown and Rodney R. Cocking, Editors; Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning, National Reseach Council, 1999, ISBN.

² The Laptop Program, Rockman ET AL.