Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Saturday, July 08, 2006
Teaching goes high tech - Andrea Falkenhagen, East Valley Tribune
Traditional teaching tools are biting the chalk dust in East Valley schools, as chalkboards, white boards and slide projectors are being replaced with new computerized, digitalized versions. Schools in Chandler, Tempe and Mesa are piloting high-tech classrooms where nearly everything is done on computers. The Scottsdale Unified School District is even asking voters to approve an $89 million override to pay for laptops for every high school freshman, interactive white boards, document cameras and wireless Internet connections in every school. The sharp turn toward better technology inspires some teachers and overwhelms others.

 



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