Program Overview

How good is good enough?  In making your car decision, some will elect a Hyundai when a Lexus is available.  In making a restaurant choice, some will choose McDonald’s over Delmonico’s.  But when it comes to education, we cannot afford to short-change our students.  Our goal at Faith is to provide a world-class education, not one that is simply better than what is locally available.

We believe that student access to technology is a critical component of such an education.  For several years, Faith has provided an improving student to computer ratio.  With the introduction of the one-to one-laptop program, we are making progress toward providing our students with the very best tools to learn and grow.

When asked what outcome I wanted as a result of the one-to-one program, my answer was quick and straight forward: I want technology to be the lever for classroom instruction that is more student centered, collaborative, project-based and focused on higher order thinking skills.

We are excited to begin this journey, which undoubtedly will be a learning process for students, parents, teachers and administrators.  Mid-course corrections are inevitable and we will be looking for continued input on the path we’ve chosen.  But it’s time to get started!

Kevin Dunning
Executive Director

Distribution Information
Wednesday, August 11 - 6:30 PM
Saturday, August 14 - 10 AM
Wednesday, August 18 - 6:30 PM

Acceptable Use Policy
Laptop Use Agreement

Care and Handling Information
Cases and Bakcpacks
Incase
Speck
Colcasac

Parent 1:1 Letter

If you are interested in some additional research information about 1:1 laptop initiatives in school districts we recommend looking through the links provided below. You will find informational sites, relevant articles, research studies and other useful information pertaining to 1:1 initiatives around the country. This information will help you understand the current and future educational environment in regards to the integration of technology in the classroom.

• techLearning Article: "Tossing Out Textbooks"
• TIME Article: "How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century"
• The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce: "Tough Choices or Tough Times"
• America's Digital Schools
• Learning with Laptops
• One to One Computing Blueprint (Writing Skills Assessments Improve in Maine)
• One to One Computing Blueprint Resources
• One-to-One Institute
• ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) 1-to-1 Initiatives Special Interest Group
• Maine Learns (Maine Learning Technology Initiative)
• 1 to 1 Learning
• Laptops for Learning Task Force Report
• Great Maine Schools Project Final Report
• Ubiquitous Computing Evaluation Consortium
• One-to-One Computing Evaluation Consortium Policy Brief
• Education World One-to-One Article
• Wireless Writing Program
• Writing Improvements in 1:1 environment
• Open Letter to US Secretary of Education (A Computer on Every Desk, 2005)
• The Maine Event and Laptops for All from edutopia.org
• EARTHtimes.org Article on PA initiative
• One-to-One in the Golden State (21st Century Connections article)
• Affording 1:1 Article
• 1 to 1 Report on upper elementary impact (direct link to report in PDF)

• Indiana
• Maine
• Michigan
• Virginia