With iPads, Olympia students have world at their fingertips - Olympia School District -... - 0 views
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“Textbooks have really great things, but they’re also very limiting,” said Underwood, who is in her 24th year of teaching at Olympia High. “Our kids are digital kids. They respond very well to this kind of tactile environment, where they can get immediate feedback.”
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James O'Hagan on 20 Dec 11Again, the focus is on the stuff. Not the pedagogy, or the changes in teaching. Really?
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hasn’t used iPads because they don’t work with the district’s technology system
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as well as a pilot program at Olympia High where students in an intensive college readiness course known as AVID were issued district-owned iPads to use throughout the year for note-taking, research and organization.
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