Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Marge Beatty, Nebraska ESU 16, talks about 1:1 laptop programs

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[cross-posted at CASTLE’s 1-to-1 Schools blog]

While at Nebraska’s first-ever Educational Administrators Technology Conference, I learned that 8 of the 16 districts in Educational Service Unit 16 have 1:1 laptop programs. Marge Beatty, chief administrator for the ESU, was willing to let me ask her a few questions. Happy viewing!

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