A year in the life: two seventh grade teachers implement one-to-one computing.

Abstract

Maine was the first state to set laptops in the bands of an entire grade of scholars This interpretive case study of sum of two units middle school science-math teachers was driven by the agency of the general question: Given ubiquitous computing, in what manner do teachers use computers in constructing curriculum and delivering instruction? Specifically, the researchers sought to examine the facilitators and barriers for teachers in using laptops in the classroom. Using qualitative [i]modus operandi[/i]s the researchers collected data during the first year of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI).