Thing # 7b 1:1 Environments Keep the Ill Connected

Eliminating absences... what a concept. This article that I received in my Google Reader is one of the benefits of educating in 1:1 environments.

A little third grader, Ahmed Hamdi, is suffering from Lukemia, but is still able to go to school through the use of a laptop and livestream into his classroom at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia. Because Ahmed is homebound and can only go to school two days out of the week, having full access to the classroom without being in the classroom allows him to keep pace with his classmates. We had this situation in our school earlier this year, and through the use of a home computer, I was able to create some tutorial videos for our student, but nothing beats being able to be their in the way the Ahmed is. He is able to interact with his students through the computer webcam.