Hardware Acquisition Request One-Stop, 2007-2008

All schools have Media and Technology Advisory Committees and current technology plans.  Their hardware acquisition requests come from those committees and plans, and are therefore customized to school priorities.  The requests have been properly vetted with the Central Office and the Board of Education.   The aggregated request for school year 2007-2008 includes desktop computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, Office productivity software, printers, presentation projectors, servers, and routers.  The grand total is $1.2M.

This request is connected to the NC Standard Course of Study and the following emergent state initiatives:
The NC State Board of Education’s Future-Ready Goals for Twenty-first Century Students
NC Joint Commission Report on Information Technology

The following News-Times newspaper articles and editorials highlight this request:
Public Comment Article
Mea Culpa Editorial
PTO Doesn't Wait; Buys Own Laptops
Support Funding for Technology
Melvin Bright Editorial

The following downloadable videos show the use of technology in our schools:
Why Laptops (Croatan High School)
Laptops Unleashed (Morehead City Middle School)
A CHS Vision (Croatan High School)
K-5 Technology Integration (White Oak Elementary School)
K-3 Technology Integration (Morehead City Primary School, available on DVD upon request)

The following Laptop Learning final projects illustrate the transformational power of laptops for professional educators:
Laptop Learning Final Project, 1 (from Morehead Middle School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 2 (from Bogue Sound Elementary)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 3 (from Croatan High School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 4 (from Newport Elementary School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 5 (from East Carteret High School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 6 (from Harkers Island Elementary School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 7 (from Smyrna Elementary School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 8 (from Broad Creek Middle School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 9 (from Morehead Elementary School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 10 (from Morehead Primary School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 11 (from Newport Middle School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 12 (from West Carteret High School)
Laptop Learning Final Project, 13 (from White Oak Elementary)

The following school webpages illustrate routine technology use in our schools:
Technology Staff Development (focus on Beaufort Middle and Elementary Schools)
Technology Staff Development Monthly Archives, 2004-2007

The following self-reported data tracks student computer utilization in our schools:
05-06 Classroom Use  (two-week period)
05-06 Media Center Use (two-week period)
05-06 Lab Use (two-week period)

The following blog entries, webpages, and letters reference our need to maintain adequate modern hardware:
What the Numbers Don't Say ( Haulin' 'Net)
IMPACT:  Rarefied Air  (Haulin' 'Net)
Represent Globally, Act Locally  (Haulin' 'Net)
Laptops as Tools  (Click o' the Mouse)
MCMS Responds to Sunday's Editorial  (Click o' the Mouse)
Technology Needs at WCHS  (West Carteret High School site)
Letter from Principal (White Oak Elementary)
Letter from Principal (Bogue Sound Elementary)
This One's on Me (Haulin' 'Net)
Letter to the Editor (Haulin' 'Net)