One of the things that I went into this class looking for was a better understanding of the tools being used by our teachers and students in the classrooms of the districts we serve. My department is responsible for providing support for many of these tools as we provide the networking and filtering services to our constituents. In addition, I have seen how the Intermediate Unit itself can utilize some of these tools in our community based centers and Power Up classes.
One of the by products of this class has been a new experiment in our School to Work program. On my recommendation, they have purchased iPad's instead of laptops for the students. They are using Google docs, Tweetdeck, Google Earth, & blogger with their students for the first time. We are hoping that this classroom can be used as a model for our other classrooms at the IU. These are exciting times indeed. The students are more engaged and so are the teachers. Instead of finding excuses to say we can't, we are asking why not?
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