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all students in grades 6-12, are issued a laptop. Denali uses Apple
Alaska's standards-based curriculum doesn't assign grades to students but requires them to demonstrate mastery of benchmarks to move to the next level. This, combined with becoming an Expeditionary Learning district, changed the district's focus from lecture, textbook, and worksheet learning to more in-depth project-based learning. Vraspir sees the laptop program fitting right in with this.
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provides the opportunity to build content and proof of learning in more interesting ways,"
"The fact that each student has access to the Internet, e-mail, and PowerPoint makes the class participatory," Jordan says. "With some direction,
students are in charge of how they find the information and how they present it."
There is no textbook for this class, so the laptops were used on an almost daily basis.
AquaMinds NoteTaker, which serves as a digital notebook and journal and creates media-rich electronic portfolios that can be used for assessment purposes. This is especially useful for schools that are standards- or project-based.
Vraspir has noticed the greatest improvement in special ed and low-income students since the laptop program began in 2003. There has also been a decrease in behavioral problems. He believes this has to do with the affinity students have for technology. "Putting a laptop in kids' hands increases their interest," he says.

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Despite creating a language all their own using e-mail and text messages, students are still learning standard English and their writing scores have improved on a standardized test since laptop computers were distributed, according to a new study.

And the students' writing skills improved even when they were using pen and paper, not just a computer keyboard, the study says.

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