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The Progression of our Lower School Technology Integration

Tech Helpful

This is the progression of technology integration at CCS lower school since I came on staff in January of 2004 as a part-time related arts computer teacher. I wanted them to learn that technology was a tool for their learning. We've come a long way baby! So many schools didn’t have related arts computer teachers.

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Why I Still Believe in the iPad’s Positive Impact on Classrooms

Edsurge

The MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) program coevolved with the technology available. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009.

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Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

The Hechinger Report

“Overall, [seeing their progress] helps the kids to take accountability for their own learning, which is huge, because not only does that benefit them in school, but in life.”. Miranda Virgil, seventh-grade math teacher at Canyon Ridge Elementary School. Subscribe to our Blended Learning newsletter. Photo: Jamie Martines.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

On one of these towers, the Albemarle County schools have hung base stations that link to broadband internet beamed up from the roof of a nearby elementary school. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”. Read more about Blended Learning.