As we have thoughtfully considered our investment in educational technology in recent years, we have envisioned classrooms in which students can be the architects of their own learning while generating their own questions and ideas as sophisticated users of powerful tools. With the expansion of One to One Computing at Punahou, we have envisioned teachers becoming facilitators, innovators, mentors and partners in learning with their students.

We have envisioned a school whose walls are virtually transparent as students and teachers share ideas as easily with classmates and colleagues across the world as with those across the campus. Consistent with Punahou's philosophy, we have envisioned student learning that is active, engaged, dynamic and open-ended. We have challenged ourselves to use technology in ways that deepen and extend that learning.

We have also envisioned students with the cumulative knowledge of civilization at their fingertips who are able to use technology as easily as a pencil or a pen. We want our students to follow their curiosity and use their imagination to solve complex problems, to devise innovative solutions, and communicate effectively and confidently through a variety of media. As a faculty, we want to continue to explore how each Punahou student might use technology to achieve his or her potential in ways that fit individual styles of learning.

The skills required for our students to flourish after Punahou will include: creativity and innovation; critical thinking and problem solving; communication and collaboration; social responsibility and civic engagement; as well as global perspective.

We want them to care deeply about their learning, and to collaborate with others within active learning communities. We are discovering that technology is helping us to foster within our students these 21st-century skills, attitudes and qualities.

We know that technology will not completely solve our challenges - it will only make them clearer. Technology will not replace a knowledgeable, inspiring and caring teacher, but could help to shape that teacher's role as a facilitator of learning. Our experience thus far has reaffirmed the vital importance of a rigorous, enlightened and broad liberal arts education for children.

As these pages reveal, we are excited and energized by the enormous potential that technology holds to improve and extend teaching and learning at Punahou.

With my aloha,

James K. Scott '70