Laptops!

I just read a post by Karl Fisch regarding the use of laptops for students in a pilot project to improve writing. He posed some interesting questions:

Here are some questions we have:

How does having a laptop computer help students write better?

What happens in your classroom now that you have laptops that could not happen before?

Now that you have had laptops in your classroom, how would you feel if you didn’t have them next year?

What do next year’s 5th grade students coming to your classroom have to look forward to?

In our school we have had a mobile lab for onr month. I see the laptops being used but my only feedback so far has been from observation and informal talk with staff and students. I am going to use the above questions for reflection on the use of our mobile lab and how we might be able to improve.