Dinwiddie 9th- and 10th-graders will take tablets to class
By Amir Vera, The Progress-Index, Petersburg, Va. | |
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"It allows teachers to expand the ways they can present material. It gives students the needed access to technology that they may not have at home,"
"Qualifying schools are those schools with ninth-graders that administered [Standards Of Learning] tests in spring 2013 and are not fully accredited based on school accreditation ratings in effect for fiscal year 2014,"
Funding for the program comes from the
"She already has exposure at home, but using these devices in school will keep her pretty much ahead of the curve," Spurlock said.
"I think it's going to be much, much better for my bookbag because my bookbag last year was really heavy from all of the textbooks," Benitez said. "But this year, I'll have all my textbooks in that one tablet so it'll be more convenient and easier to use. I think with the tablets, kids will be more into reading because it's a new technology. I think it can help people's grades,"
Meetings for parents and students were held
According to
Clarke also added that because only ninth- and 10th-grade students are being provided these devices, juniors and seniors will be allowed to bring their own electronic devices, such as laptops, tablets and smartphones, to school. Internet at
Teachers will not be limited to the tablets, but they are receiving training on implementation of the devices the classroom.
"It is up to the teachers on how they want to use them," Clarke said.
"We hope to foster young people's ability to learn how to access information quickly and apply that knowledge in the classroom and beyond. It is less about the technology and more about how to make our classrooms a more stimulating place for our students to learn," Capaldo said.
Tri-Cities schools are not the only schools to use digital innovation in the classroom. Schools in
"Ideally, by choosing ninth grade, the students would go through their high school career having a tablet computer," McGraw said.
The other benefit to the e-Learning Backpack Initiative is closing what is known as a "digital divide" in which people with access to Internet and other technological resources perform better than those without it.
"One of the goals is to level the playing field. Schools that have difficulties purchasing tablets and other resources would be able to take advantage of this program and provide those devices to students," Pyle said. "It's something we're seeing across the country, that move from textbooks to a digital format, and it's something we want all of our high schools in
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