Session Notes: Considering 1-to-1: Here's a Toolkit to Get Started

Anita Givens, Texas Education Agency with Kelly Griffin and Karen Kahan

Referenced weblinks:
www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/tip/
http://www.txtip.info/
http://www.etxtip.info/
http://www.setdatapp.org/
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/tip/
As a part of the Texas Immersion Pilot (TIP), students and teachers are expected to gain and seamlessly integrate Technology Applications knowledge and skills across the curriculum. These standards are aligned with the NETS standards. Administrators are expected to provide vision and leadership and work with the schools to ensure that technology is best used to improve teaching and learning.
Online instructional resources
Online formative and diagnostic assessment tools
Productivity software tools
Tech support
Professional Development centered on technology literacy and integration
Parents went through an orientation session – required before students would be issued a laptop
www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/tip/TIPtoolkit.html