Philosophy

We need a common philosophy for the ongoing professional development to make us create successful and innovative 1:1 classrooms for our students:
 * Professional Development sessions need to be for us to RE-FOCUS - we can listen to concerns, but we need not turn them into gripe sessions among teachers.
 * We need to understand that 1:1 is not going away - even if you don't have students with laptops now, it is coming and it is important for you to "buy in" to the way of teaching and be comfortable with it.
 * We need to get away from the idea that the laptops are a checklist item in our daily lesson planning - students can tell when teachers are not buying into the new technology and doing it just because we have to.
 * The 1:1 classroom can be open to anything - Don't know the answer ... look it up! Finish early ... find content games on the internet!