21st-century learning for 21st century kids.
Twenty-first century kids are digital kids. They live and learn differently than kids 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 mobile phones, PDAs, email and instant messaging.

Digital kids often multitask in ways that previous generations would not have ben able to imagine. For example, they might use a phone, a computer, instant messaging and the Internet to collaborate on homework, while watching television and listening to music — all at the same time.

These kids respond to sensory input differently to previous generations. 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 multi-sensory input helps kids learn, retain and use information better⁽¹⁾.

Research by the US National Centre for Educational Statistics reveals that decreasing numbers of 17 and 18 year old students think that school is interesting or relevant.

Unfortunately, many classrooms don’t work that way. Pencil, paper, lecture, textbook, review and test are still very often the norm. Is it any wonder that for digital kids, school has become less engaging, less interesting and less 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. The wireless network puts them in immediate contact with daily lessons and 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 at home and 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, US National Reseach Council, 1999, ISBN.
^2. The Laptop Program, Rockman et al.