Educational technologies that didn’t exist two years ago are having a great impact on how students learn when school districts adopt a 1-to-1 (student/device) computing strategy. Two California organizations, Google and CUE (formerly called Computer Using Educators) are providing leadership and support to enable open technologies “to improve learning for everyone, everywhere.”

In a recent webinar sponsored by Google, James Leonard from the Google for Education team gave an overview of Google’s key principles and strategies to support education.  Hank Thiele, Assistant Superintendent of Technology and Learning for the Maine Township High School District 207 in Illinois, gives a firsthand account of how his district implemented 1-to-1 computing using Google Apps and Chromebooks.

You may find this information helpful as you think about how all of these new technologies, and Smarter Balance assessments, may impact your instructional practice. I think this is a trend that you will want to pay attention to!