Computers on wheels: an alternative to 'each one has one'

Four fifth-grade classrooms embarked on a modified ubiquitous computing initiative in the fall of 2003. Two 15-computer wireless laptop carts were shared among the four classrooms in an effort to integrate technology across the curriculum and affect change in student learning and teacher pedagogy. This initiative—in contrast to other one-to-one programmemess and stationary labs—offers public schools alternatives to budget constraints and instructional-space overhead. Results indicate positive teacher technology competence and confidence, as well as instructional strategies that were student-centred made meaningful uses of technology. Teacher technological knowledge and efficacy, pedagogical knowledge, and a supportive school community seem to be strong indicators for impacting technology integration in this context.