Educational Technology

1:1 Laptop Project The Anchorage School District is one of nineteen school districts statewide participating in a four-year project that brings digital learning to more than 50 Alaska schools. The Wendler project is possible because of a partnership between the Alaska Association of School Boards and the Anchorage School Board.  The Alaska Association of School Boards provided two-thirds of the funding for this project.  Apple’s 1:1 laptop learning initiative has been implemented in dozens of states nationwide with promising results.

On December 15, 2006, the Consortium for Digital Learning 1:1 Laptop Project outfitted a team of 60 students, eventually expanding to a total of 300 students, and five teachers at Wendler Middle School with personal laptop computers for use at school and home. The laptop initiative is designed to engage students in learning and to increase student achievement.

A team of teachers is integrating computer-based applications, digital content and multi-media presentations into the classroom curriculum and instruction. Student achievement and other indicators of student engagement are being closely monitored.

On-going professional development opportunities are being provided through Apple Computers, the ASD Educational Technology Department, and the ASD Middle School Division.

Wendler Middle School is an incredibly diverse and vibrant middle school that serves the community by providing educational opportunity and academic challenge to all of their students.

Relevant Links:

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers

National Educational Technology Standards for Students

Wendler Middle School 1:1 Laptop Project Quotes