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TURNER - SAD 52 has won a federal grant that will enable elementary pupils and adults to talk to a NASA scientist in Florida or an artist in Boston without leaving their classrooms. Superintendent Darlene Burden said the long-distance learning grant will help bring more of the world to her students. "We are in a rural area. Just the cost of transportation for our students is a real challenge. By having this equipment we can provide outstanding education. It's pretty amazing," she said. The...
MIDDLETOWN -- The new school year means a new look for one wing of Forest Avenue Elementary School. The school's youngest students will learn in a "flexible" learning community. The open design of the four classrooms provides teachers with opportunities for group instruction and collaboration. The "learning studio" classrooms will surround a central "commons" area used for group presentations and hands-on learning. The changes at Forest Avenue were inspired by the recommendations of the...
DALLAS, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Demonstrating its commitment to serve the needs of higher education, AT&T Inc. today announced the certification and availability of popular mobile student interactive response technology on its wireless smartphones. Designed to heighten the classroom experience and enhance learning at colleges and universities, the Web-based polling solution can be enabled using an AT&T-powered wireless device, such as an iPhone, BlackBerry(R) or other smartphone....
By SHAKAYA ANDRES The phrase "Wild About Learning On Our Way To Success" is displayed on bulletin boards and in classrooms throughout Crown Point Elementary School. Teachers went back to work to find workers retrofitting classrooms with new power outlets, phone jacks and wiring for Internet connections compatible with new Apple desktop computers for the students. Over the next two years, the remaining 30 percent of Duval County's public elementary schools, including Mandarin Oaks and...
By JOSHUA STEWART Staff Writer The new Nantucket Elementary School will have one of the largest collections of some of the most advanced classroom education tools for any elementary school in the state, Principal Diana Strohecker said. When it opens for the first time on Aug. 27, classrooms will be equipped with interactive white boards, advanced sound systems and remote controls to make it easier for students to interact with lessons and for teachers to make real-time assessments of how...
By Anna Kurth, The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis. Aug. 5--Five Superior classrooms are turning high-tech this fall when teachers will roll out new interactive white boards in place of their blackboards. The boards are a combination computer and projector that allow a teacher to develop lessons and show them on the screen. The computer contains software that allows a teacher to create a lesson combining documents, video, Internet links and regular blackboard uses of the board, said Sam...
By Jimmie Covington DeSoto County school officials on Wednesday announced $250,000 in grants from area donors that will provide a major boost in the use of computer technology and interactive white boards in classrooms across the district. "With these funds, we are going to purchase 100 Mimio or SMART boards for our schools," said Jennifer Weeks, associate superintendent for academic programs. Supplies also will be purchased to allow the equipment to be portable so that each system or set...
