Based
on the successful experience of over 10,000 students in Australia,
the Anytime Anywhere Learning program at Trevor was initiated
in March of 1996
and supported by Microsoft and Toshiba. The purpose of the project
was to bring effective computer technology into the academic
daily life
of students
by
providing
laptop technology to all students in grades five through 12.
The
implementation of Trevor's Anytime, Anywhere Learning
program began in the fall of 1996 with the purchase of faculty
laptops and the inclusion of our fifth, sixth, and ninth grades.
This began
a four-year, phase-in process leading up to laptops required
for every student From grades five through 12, which was eventually
achieved in
September
of 1999.
Throughout
the first four years of the early laptop program, the
School used Toshiba as its hardware vendor. A committee of faculty,
students, administrators and consultants re-evaluated
that choice in 2000. The school now purchases and recommends
hardware exclusively from Dell, which maintains an excellent
reputation for
quality,
service
and
support.
Just
as the paper and pencil became so essential in daily life in the
twentieth century, so too has the laptop computer, functioning
as a transparent part of the daily life of teachers and students
in the twenty-first century. |