Case Study
A Notebook for Every Student - How Hershey Public School District Leveraged Technology to Build a Community of Communication
A Notebook for Every Student - How Hershey Public School District Leveraged Technology to Build a Community of Communication
The Right Ratio for Success In 2007, Hershey Public School District launched a technology program called the 1:1 Learning Initiative. The focus of the program is to provide all of their high school students and faculty with Lenovo X131e notebooks with Windows 7 to use during the school year. Kort Smith, Network Administrator for Hershey Public School District, works with Connection each year to fulfill, maintain, and refresh their notebook inventory for the program. Smith said, “The 1:1 approach means ‘one notebook for one student.’ We decided to launch this initiative to better connect the staff with parents and students and to enhance learning.” Keeping IT Fresh Smith joined Hershey Public School District at the implementation stage of the program and remains at the hel