Schools and Their Use of Laptop Computers on the Web

Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio began its mandatory laptop program in 1999. They have posted the Philosophy of their Technology Program.

The Argos Community Schools in Indiana obtained a mobile laptop cart with a High Tech Middle School Grant. A copy of their grant and information on how they use their computers used to be available on their site.

Athens Academy in Athens, Georgia started their 21^st Century Classroom Initiative in Fall of 1999.

Babson College has required laptop ownership for incoming freshman since Fall '97. Read the thread of discussion about this at the EdTech conference.

The Beth Tfiloh School in Owings Mills, Md started their laptop program in September 1999.

Beaufort County School District has one of the pioneer laptop programs in the United States. They have a number of technology initiatives including "Learning with Laptops"

The Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Canada has an extensive description of their laptop program.

Brewster Academy in New Hampshire was the subject of "Technology Enabling School Reform", an article about their complete curriculum and school design model reform.  Brewster Academy was a pioneer laptop school, starting the design for their program in 1992.  Since then, a study, no longer available online, has been released showing positive results on students' technology skills. They use Macintosh laptop computers "the way they formerly used books and pencils."

Brownell-Talbot College Preparatory School in Omaha, NE has a Upper School Laptop program.

The Cincinnati Country Day School is a pioneer laptop school. They have a short description of their laptop program in their technology section. They have a longer description of their Schoolbook Initiative.

The Clovis Unified School District presents their brochure, "New Doors to Learning, Laptops for Learners." They tell why they have their laptop program. This brochure was prepared to explain to parents about the program and tell them how their children could participate.  They are also highlighted in a story at the Microsoft Anytime, Anywhere Learning site.

The Danish Ministry of Education has a development project on computer-based teaching called "The Electronic School" at Nørresundby Upper-Secondary School . Each student in the class gets a laptop computer. You can view their plan for "Information Technology and Education." A report, "Laptop Computers in Upper-Secondary School" gives observations collected 1995-1999.

The Eastern Townships School board covering the area around Magog, Quebec Canada is proud of their laptop program based on Apple iBooks. Their "Enhanced Learning Strategy" includes one to one computing using laptop computers in a wireless environment. They are putting laptops in the hands of all students from grades 3-11 in their 26 schools and adult education centers.

The Fairfield Country Day School in Fairfield, CT is a laptop school. Their new web site promises that information about their laptop program will be posted.

A description of laptop policies at Frankston High School in Victoria, Australia can be found here. They also have made the papers, "Information Technology and the use of information and telecommunications technology across the curriculum at Frankston High School", "Using Information Technologies Across the Curriculum: The role of a Notebook Program at Frankston High School" and "To Print or not to Print" available at their site.

Grenville Christian College is a secondary school in Canada that has started a three year plan to have all students using IBM ThinkPad computers in 1996. The details of their program and interviews with people involved are available at their site.

Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School requires a laptop computer for all entering students as of August 1998. They have posted their laptop policy document.

Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto, California had its LAPtop Pilot program running from February to April 2001. They hope to expand their Learning Assistance Program, but it is currently on hold. Their site posts the results of their surveys after the pilot.

One of the premier laptop schools is the Kilvington Baptist Girls' Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. A paper titled "Management of Information Technology Education and training of staff at Kilvington" by Mr. Jenk Akyalcin that describes the training and education of their full-time teaching staff in the use of their laptop computers is available at their site.

King's College in New Zealand has had a laptop program (or should I say programme?) since 1991 and has had mandatory usage of laptop computers in some grades since 1996. Their site has extensive information on their use of computers.

Little Falls Community Schools in Minnesota used Apple eMates for their first laptop initiative. They had published much information about their program online including details of the grant they used to start the program but this seems to be no longer available. They are working toward a school-wide wireless data network.

Liverpool High School in Liverpool, New York has a voluntary pilot laptop program.

Mantua Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia has a one-to-one Apple eMate project. All students in the fifth grade have an Apple eMate

Mayville State University is another college that provides a laptop computer for every student. Here is there list of questions and answers about their program.

The McCracken Middle School in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina is part of the Beaufort County laptop school program, a participant in the Microsoft Anytime, Anywhere Learning program.

The Methodist Ladies' College in Victoria, Australia has published a book, Reflections of a Learning Community to describe their experiences using laptops computers. Information about the specific machines they use can be found here. The college provides education for girls from Pre-school through to Year 12.

The Miami Valley Career Technology Center in Clayton, Ohio hopes to add itself to the growing list of schools with laptop programs with its School Notebook @ccess Program.

Millspring School in Alpharetta, Georgia has become a laptop school as of September, 1998. It is a requirement of all students in grades 4 through 12, to have a laptop for use during school.

The College of Education of Michigan State University has a Teacher Education Initiative that includes a Laptop Computer Initiative. This program provides laptop computers to interns.

The University of Minnesota, Crookston believes that it is the first "ThinkPad® U.", having started its program of providing every student with a notebook computer in September of 1993. Their site has pointers to a number of articles about what they have learned by this experience.  Also see "Moving Toward a Mobile Teaching and Learning Environment: Using Notebook Computers".

The College of Engineering and the Computer Science department at Mississippi State University began their Computer Initiative program in Fall of 1999.

The Nightcliff High School is a high school located in Darwin, Australia. It has a program where they provide an Apple PowerBook for year 12 students. Their policy is described in the school newsletter. 

Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, MA got their new Apple i-books on the first day of school this year.  See "Orange i-books Invade My World History Classroom".

The PALS project - Providing Access to Laptops for Students is a collaborative effort between the Peninsula School District of Gig Harbor, Washington and Microsoft Corporation. Pilot programs are underway in grades 5, 6 and 7 with an objective of 100% laptop use in grades 5 through 12 by the year 2000. Their entire Technology Plan is available online. Steve Leitz of the Peninsula Public Schools asked questions and commented online at EdTech.

The Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey is using laptop computers in its "Principio Project", an "integrated, interdisciplinary, and globally networked way of learning designed for students entering the 21st century." They have made their entire Laptop Plan available online with all historical documents. You may also find their Technology Plan interesting. The cover story of Byte Magazine, March 1995 includes an article covering all of the computer use at The Peddie School with another description of the Principio Project.

Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY started their wireless notebook computing program in September 2000.  Every incoming freshman is required to lease an IBM ThinkPad for four years while they are at the university.

The Principals’ Executive Program (PEP) includes the program "Principals As Technology Leaders", funded by the Gates Foundation and run by the University of North Carolina’s Center for School Leadership, which provides technology education for Principals and Superintendents only. Each participant is given a laptop computer that is theirs to keep at the end of the program.

The Roland Park Country School in Baltimore, MD has their Laptop Service Policy and pricing guides online.

Read about how "Laptops Invade Sophomore Classes" at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

See the "Technology Policy For Internet and Network Usage" for Saint Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge, LA.

The computer immersion program of School District 45 in West Vancouver, B.C. lets 8th grade students use their laptop computers in school.

The Snohomish School District in Washington State is one of the pioneer schools in Anytime, Anywhere Learning. They call their Laptop Project, Learning+

Dell Computer highlights the Springfield School District outside of Boston, Ma for their laptop program.

The Suffield Academy Computer Initiative is changing education at the Suffield Academy in Connecticut. They have one of the few Macintosh based laptop programs.

Trent College in Nottingham, UK is in the second year of their notebook program.  Students may lease or purchase their laptops.

Read about the Trinity Anglican School in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia and its State-of-the-Art Technology Program using laptop computers.

The Trinity College School is a college preparatory school in Port Hope, Canada that has a laptop computer program. They describe their use of Compaq laptop computers. They also have a presentation to the UTS faculty about their use of technology by Brian Hedney dated October 16, 1997.

Every student at Trinity Grammar School in Kew, Australia has his own laptop computer from year 5 through year 12. They have published a description of their program. A paper about their experiences, Developing Saturation Computer Usage Across the Curriculum by C. J. Howell was published 1995 in the L. Shears book.

The Trunnell Elementary School in Jefferson County, Kentucky uses laptop computers in school and lets students borrow them for use at home.

Tyabb Primary School is another school in Australia that has established a laptop computer program

The Univerrsity of California at Irvine Graduate School of Management requires a laptop computer as one of the student tools. Here is information about the GSM Notebook Computer Program.

The Ursuline Academy of Dallas is one of the schools that Microsoft has highlighted as an example of a school that practices Anytime, Anywhere Learning.

The Ursuline Academy of Wilmington, Delaware has a short description of their laptop program.

Valley City State University has much information about its "Notebook Computer Initiative." Other resources include "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about laptop computers" at North Dakota's only all notebook computer university.

Wake Forest University is another "ThinkPad® U.".   See their technology guide and  plan for the class of  2000 to see how they supply a laptop computer to all students. Their Information Systems department has more information about their program. The paper "Laptop Computer Usage in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Wake Forest University" by Richard Carmichael is also available. 

Every student at Wesley College in Melbourne, Australia in grades 5, 6, and 7 is provided with a notebook computer. Read about their notebook computer program at the Novell Australia site.

The Woodward Academy in College Park, Georgia decided to incorporate laptop computers in the classroom as part of their Transition Program after attending the Microsoft Anytime, Anywhere Learning Summit in January, 1999. 

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