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[] (Data measured by student surveys)
 * The Urban School of San Francisco**
 * Enhanced organization
 * Enhanced communication
 * Information access
 * Student production
 * Decrease in student disorganization
 * Dramatic increase in students being able to get curricular questions asked and answered
 * Students producing more sophisticated projects that lead to more advanced thinking as demonstrated by higher-order processing.

[] (Findings based on surveys and interviews)
 * Nashwaakis Middle School (New Brunswick, Canada)**
 * Improved writing and research skills, especially among boys
 * Some students, initially resistant to the writing process, emerged as authors
 * Students became more efficient at locating information
 * Students were better able to manipulate information
 * Trend toward more student-centered teaching, with students taking more responsibility for their learning
 * Decrease in attendance issues
 * Decrease in discipline issues

[] "A more likely cause [to the many attempts at improvements but few effects" issue] is the autonomous, idiosyncratic, non-collaborative and non-differentiated teaching practices that largely remain uninformed by research showing "uninspired" use of technology by students and teachers in school."
 * From JTLA Article, "The End of Techno-Critique: The Naked Truth about 1:1 Laptop Initiatives and Educational Change"**