WELCOME TO THE MAINE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DIGITAL LEARNING

Taking Seymour Papert's advice, Maine embarked upon one of the most ambitious educational technology programs in the world when it inaugurated its middle school 1:1 digital learning initiative in 2002. After experience with this project—involving daily 1:1 laptop use by some 40,000 students and 6,000 teachers—three major conclusions can be drawn: (1) it works, (2) it provides equity of resources, and (3) the key to its success is educators who know how to integrate the technology into their daily practice.

The Maine International Center for Digital Learning is designed to build upon this success by providing opportunities for regional, national, and international collaboration in research and practice about 1:1 digital learning. The idea is to share as broadly as possible what we and others around the world are learning. Our goal is to be the world's repository of successful leadership, pedagogical and professional development practices and solid empirical research on 1:1 educational programs.

This is your site and will only be successful if you and your educational colleagues around the world share your knowledge and experience in maximizing the incredible learning power which Seymour foresaw. So welcome—browse our research library and collection of innovative and effective practices, but become an active member of our community as well by sharing what is happening in your classroom.

CONTINUING MAINELEARNS.ORG

This site continues the original MaineLearns.org site developed to serve teachers and students in the Maine Learning Technology Initiative project. For many years, we thought that MaineLearns would benefit by adding video, a more open architecture, research results, and digital learning best practices. Since 2002, folks from around the world have visited Maine (and MaineLearns.org) and always ask about how they can collaborate with Maine educators and students in a global digital learning community. Our new Center—and this site—have been established to serve just this purpose and to help us all to realize the incredible power of 1:1 learning.

So welcome to our new site and please plan to become an active participant and contributor.