Thanks Tony I had missed that when I skimmed it. There is lots of evidence, including common sense, for the importance of increased learning time.<div><br></div><div>Sugar on a Stick people, this is important to us too, we need sticks that work outside the school. :)</div> <div><br></div><div>Caroline<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:58 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:forster@ozonline.com.au">forster@ozonline.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> > thanks to an article on <a href="http://eschoolnews.com" target="_blank">eschoolnews.com</a><br> > (<a href="http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/02/16/11-programs-only-as-good-as-their-teachers/" target="_blank">http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/02/16/11-programs-only-as-good-as-their-teachers/</a>) I stumbled across a special edition of the Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment (JTLA) which focuses on "Educational Outcomes and Research from 1:1 Computing Settings".<br> <br> Thanks, the following is relevant to the Sugar/OLPC take home policy:<br> <br> Evaluating the Implementation Fidelity of Technology Immersion Shapley, Sheehan, Maloney, & Caranikas-Walker page 40/69<br> <br> say " Findings revealed that Home<br> Learning—which measured the extent of a student’s laptop use outside<br> of school for homework in each of the four core-subject areas and for<br> learning games—was the strongest implementation predictor of reading<br> achievement. "<br> <br> <br>_______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br> <br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div>