Pencils of the 21st Century

“For large school districts, this is the first time widespread access has been possible. Our job as educators is to personalize learning for every student, and Dell netbooks are a realistic tool to help achieve that goal.”

Anchorage School District needed a better way to differentiate reading and writing curricula to improve literacy learning throughout a diverse student population.

The district rolled out 1,250 Dell^TM  Inspiron^TM  Mini 9n netbook computers. Not only are students much more engaged in learning, but children from every background are gaining valuable access to quality resources as part of their day-to-day classroom instruction.

• Get IT Faster: 1,250 new netbooks reimaged in less than 2 days; netbooks deployed to 2 elementary schools, 3 middle schools and all comprehensive high schools in the district within 3 weeks
• Run IT Better: Netbooks deployed district-wide without increasing IT staff; participating teachers consistently report improvement in student engagement
• Grow IT Smarter: 3 to 5 times more netbooks can be deployed while maintaining current level of IT staffing; 50% cost savings over traditional laptops