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1:1 Learning 1:1 in the Classroom: Learning to become mindful Cross posted on While our middle school has been 1:1 for 3 1/2 years last year was our first in the high school. The roll-out went smoothly and students and teachers settled into the new environment with very few issues. I will admit that I would occasionally hear teachers complain about students being distracted and off task while on the computer. Often I hear 1:1 advocates respond to this issue with, "If the learning activities in a 1:1 environment don't change, the students will lose ...

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1:1 Learning 1:1 in the Classroom - Digital Distraction I frequently visit schools planning or already using 1-to-1. Teachers sometimes express frustration with the distracting elements of technology – how students are attracted by social media applications – and spend much time randomly checking these sources at the expense of schoolwork. Lately, I have been hearing students say the same thing. Students describe sitting down at their computers to do homework and instead drifting into checking and posting to Facebook, reading multiple Tumblr blogs, ...

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