“Total Technology Immersion”
As Sandy Vaughn writes in her article the Floydada Independent School District in Texas has shown how even a school with little resources can become totally immersed in technology from elementary school through high school. This small district has not only increased test scores, but have gotten students and teachers excited about coming to school and learning. It’s particularly nice that those students from low-income homes can also participate by being issued a laptop to use “24/7”. Even high school juniors and seniors are helping their families with college tuition by taking college level courses in high school via the Internet. With the right kind of funding and accessible funding, schools throughout this country should be able to become totally immersed in technology.
Chuck,
ReplyDeleteI think that it is also really important for low income students to have use of technology and think that it is great they are doing so well. In time technology will be such a great part of learning. On line classes are already being taken so much now I am sure it will just grow even more.
-Lauren Hexom