| iPad puts tech in schools |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| It didn't take Gracie Newlin long to choose an activity when her Westbrook Elementary kindergarten class broke into small groups. The 6-year-old grabbed an Apple iPad. Tiny fingers tipped with pink nail polish slid pictures across the touch screen as she counted through eight minus two. She moved on to a word game. Usually students pick games or activities on the device, but teacher Renae Salisbury sometimes challenges them with something a bit harder. Educators, meanwhile, say students must be prepared for the future. Last year's National Education Technology Plan, a federal plan for applying advanced technologies to improving education, recommended that every student and teacher have 24-7 access to a device that can tap the Internet. |
| Source: Omaha World Herald (NE-USA) | Published: March 30th, 2011 |
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