Some superintendents push schools into the digital age

by eSchool News

Educational technology, for all its potential, is riddled with glitches and startup pains, especially when you’re among the first to trade pencils for tablets. Yet some pioneering school leaders insist that thrusting schools into the digital Petri dish is imperative for students’ success. These leaders–from places such as Overland Park, Kan., and Middletown, N.Y.–risk upsetting staff and budget watchdogs by following their conviction that innovation with technology can help teachers target learning and help students master basic skills. They forge ahead, piloting programs, building digital curricula, enabling enthusiastic teachers and dragging the reluctant ones into the new age.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/06/19/schools-digital-age-903/

Share on Facebook



from Educational Technology http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uis/edtech/~3/-PPyb9GBrH8/