Checkpoints for Integration of a One-to-One Tablet Configuration in a School Learning Environment

Abstract

The hereby given article focuses on challenges and potentials of the integration of a one-to-one tablet computer environment in schools. On the basis of advantages and disadvantages of the use of tablet computers in learning scenarios and especially in classroom use, actual approaches to implementation of one-to-one tablet configurations in formal education system will be discussed in a practice-driven way by exemplarily starting from the point of given technological, organizational, personal and educational preconditions from a southern German Community School. These will be generalized and thus lead to a comprehensive view on the integration of one-to-one tablet computer configurations in given complex settings of institutions in formal education system. This article will therefore result in general and system-independent conclusions and recommendations practicable for school institutions, which are presented in terms of Checkpoints for One-to-One Tablet Integration in Schools.