From the article: With 33 years of experience as a school librarian under her belt, Snyder said getting adults to understand the changing role and "look" of the library is an ongoing battle.
"A lot of people still think of the library as a warehouse where you go to get a book or a magazine," she said. "To deal with it we just strive to be a model for helping people understand that a media center is a lot more than just a place for physical books."
Elementary- and middle-school teachers who help raise their students' standardized-test scores seem to have a wide-ranging, lasting positive effect on those students' lives beyond academics, including lower teenage-pregnancy rates and greater college matriculation and adult earnings, according to a new study that tracked 2.5 million students over 20 years.
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One district's model to integrate the most appropriate technologies into their classrooms - ask teachers to test different products to determine what works, and what doesn't. Also note: this district underwent an infrastructure upgrade before introducing new devices.
This little article shows how to limit what kids can use on an iPad for any given lesson. It can stop them from even seeing their home page so they cannot launch anything but the app(s) you have planned for them. Cool and helpful.
The following documentation is designed to help both parents and teachers to guide students with the appropriate use of their technology. Just click on each of the links in blue listed below to see more. All students must complete the Digital Driver's License requirements before taking their laptops home.