Two and a half years ago, the Roslyn (NY) Public School district was one of the first districts in the nation to launch a “one-to-one” computer tablet initiative in which each student was issued his or her own device. Beginning with 75 ninth graders in 2011–2012, all 1,100 high school students in Roslyn have had their own iPads since September 2013.
The overarching goal was to increase students’ and teachers’ productivity and efficiency. “What we were looking for was portability, communication, and transfer of written material back and forth in a pretty seamless and easy way,” says Roslyn Superintendent Daniel Brenner. “Our vision of tablets is as a utility tool.” |
