Sunday, May 13, 2012

District Wide Information

As we move forward with technology in our schools I found this graphic regarding The Digital Classroom.  It focuses on textbooks vs eBooks, rental eBooks, a comparison of the iPad vs the KindleFire, reinventing the textbook, and how classrooms are changing.
  
The Digital Classroom - http://www.onlineuniversities.com/digital-classroom

This is the last post for this school year.  Postings on the Media Info Bits Blog will resume in August.  Enjoy the summer!


Sunday, May 6, 2012

District Wide Information

How Tech will Transform the Traditional Classroom - 
http://mashable.com/2012/03/22/tech-traditional-education/?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29#


As teachers across the district submitted grant applications last Friday to make a paradigm shift in teaching in their classrooms, subject areas or across grade levels with the hopes of new technology, the article title and link above addresses several area where technology will transform the traditional classroom.  
Fortunately, here in the Marshall Public School District, we have a supportive school board, superintendent, administrative team, and many teachers ready to move forward with the idea of transformation in student learning.  This article is well presented, and provides new ideas as we move forward with technology in our schools and classrooms.