The Uptake and Use of Digital Technologies in Two Schools Working in a 1: 1 Computer Initiative

The use of digital technologies in schools provides possibilities and challenges in the classroom. The uptake and use of laptop computers and the conditions for Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in two schools will be studied in Unos Umeå, a joint One-to-One (1:1) initiative between Umeå University and the municipality of Umeå in Sweden. The research questions posed regard teachers’ expectations regarding laptop use and professional development, students’ expectations regarding use, expectations of school leaders and effects for the schools as organizations. Based on surveys, interviews, focus group interviews and ethnographically inspired classroom observations, the Ecology of Resources Model [14] is used a theoretical framework. The research contribution of Unos Umeå will be of importance for schools initiating similar projects in the future, contributing to insight in development for teachers, students, school leaders, the schools as organizations as well as for the research areas of 1:1 and TEL.