By Michael Johnson
Chief Operating Officer, Follett Digital Resources
As I write this article on my laptop, there are hundreds of thousands of students and teachers doing their daily schoolwork on their laptops. The number of laptops being placed in the hands of students, mainly for 24-hour use at home as well as at school, has increased year after year for several years running. While we are still some distance from a 1:1 ratio for all 55 million K-12 students, digital content is one of the fastest growing opportunities in the K-12 community. Beyond the business opportunity, using instructional technology to address the needs of today’s learner and learning environment is our best chance to make a positive impact on educational outcomes.
What follows is a tip of the iceberg view of what is already going on in K-12 schools. Nothing in this article is in the future or in a wait-and-see mode. All of these projects, and many more like them, have been going on for multiple years and across multiple grades and subject areas. Basically, the future many of us have been waiting for has actually been happening for some time now.
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