Mobile Technology Coming to Schools
From our IT head, Jim Ratchford, comes news of grant via Title IID of about $105k for classroom technology. In the past, the money had been used for their Educational Technologist Program (for teachers) but the money was reduced so they decided to go a different route - mobile technology. All schools were invited to apply for mobile computing devices (a cart of them) for a pilot program. The carts will have iPods (Touch) and iPads for use in the classroom during the 2011-2012 school year. After the selection, school teams will receive professional development about their use during the summer and during the school year. The iPad carts will have a laptop with 15 iPads and the iPod carts will have a laptop and 30 iPod Touch devices. There were 50 applications. The winning proposals came from: iPod: Denny Middle School Sand Point Elementary Alki Elementary iPad: North Beach Elementary Pathfinder K-8 Orca K-8 Lowell Element...