matt levinson

push back from the kids now that the parents are entering their online communities- parents became more aware of what their children were already doing..

realized parents hadn't had any online convos with kids

funded - kids pay a leasing fee each year.. end of 8th grade - end of 3 years - they have the option to buy..
had alan november

marci hall - works with teachers and students.. leadership academy

students spread the tech - from one class to another..
open to listening to kids..

organic prof development - the one to one - because you have to live in it...

jackiegerstein: on the job - just in time PD is the best

when you go one-to-one - school becomes life,, no longer 7 hours a day but 24/7

that's huge.. that's why it matters.. that's the big diff..


future of ed webinar - on his book from fear to facebook

                                 Name: Matt Levinson

Bio:

A graduate of Teachers' College, Columbia University, Matt Levinson is the assistant director and head of the middle school at the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California. Prior to moving into school administration, he taught middle and upper school history for fourteen years at Princeton Day School in Princeton, New Jersey. In 2007 Matt Levinson moved from New Jersey to California to start a 1-to-1 laptop program at the Nueva School, confident that his knowledge of technology would help him accomplish this goal. He never imagined the challenges he and Nueva would face. So that other schools and educators can learn from Nueva's lessons, Levinson shares his experience integrating a laptop program and how teachers, students, and parents discovered, dealt with, and overcame challenges.