• increase wireless coverage

• laptops for teachers...goal 50% by the end of next year

• keep labs ...change over to terminals

• 3 to 4 mini-notebooks per classroom

What are your clarifying questions about these strategies?

 Safety issue? Laptops at this time are all in locked carts at night...the mini-notebooks? T.F.

What possible connections to improving learning can you make?

 Having the mini notebooks in the classrooms, if they are deemed appropriate, would be a great help for several reasons:

*utilize as a center activity for a small group of learners

*allow teachers close physical proximity as opposed to the "in the hall" lab at BHM cutting down on discipline issues, lost time back and forth

*always ready, as opposed to the cart, which requires movement, plug-ins, log-ons, and as mentioned loses classtime

*small enough to fit in the classroom environment...as opposed to two large desktop computers...4 small units would take even less space T.F.

* Foster "flexible thinking" by not being tied to one OS solution.

* Encourage Digital Citizenship ideals on a semi-daily basis.

What competing initiatives or practices create distractions?

* Linux's ability to run Read 180 and Lexia?

What possible leverage points  can you think of?.... who might help with this or be most receptive to the idea?