Goals+of+the+Project

=There are many benefits of providing a 1:1 program for our children. Listed below are the benefits especially important to the STELLAR Project!=

=* TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO CREATE, CONNECT, AND COLLABORATE = Today's students are digital natives who learn by doing, creating, and collaborating with others. The use of on demand laptops will allow our students to be using these high level skills continually, at school and at home.

=* TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD = Many of our students do not have the opportunity to use the tools of technology once they leave school. This creates an unnecessary divide between those students who are able to go home and gain further 21st century skills and those who do not have this access. The STELLAR Project aims to provide these 24/7 opportunities to all children!  =* TO BECOME A PAPERLESS CLASSROOM = Not so much for the goal of saving paper (although that is an added plus), but for saving our children's learning time from monotonous and non-meaningful tasks.
 * [|The Thursday Folder and Worksheet Measured Learning by Wes Fryer]
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=* TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF RELEVANT LEARNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY =
 * [|2009 K12 Horizon Report]
 * [|Homework by Frank LaBanca]

=* TO REMOVE THE "WALLS" OF THE CLASSROOM; TO CREATE TRANSPARENCY FOR AND COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY = Educators can no longer use up valuable time and energy debating the use of standardized testing. It is a reality of our educational system at least for the near future. The STELLAR Project aims at being proactive in demonstrating to the community other means of assessing our students; through the transparency of wikis, blogs, podcasts, and other uses of Web 2.0 tools.