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08-29-2009, 03:51 PM
Many schools aim to have one computer for every student. Pasco's Gulf Trace Elementary School is making it happen -- at least for two classrooms of fourth and fifth graders. Principal Hope Schooler talked with reporter Jeff Solochek about how she made that happen, and why.
How did this pilot project begin?
My tech specialist Rob Borsky and I were talking last year. We made sure that all of our teams have mobile labs. And we said it would be nice to have a class that really focused on technology, because that was the way of the world. We really need to look at our students as 21st century learners. And what could we do to do that?
So we began doing some brainstorming together and we said, why don't we see if we have the funds within house that we could purchase laptops that could be used in a classroom and really look at how we could set up something where that group of students really focused their learning on using the laptop, using the Internet, using different resources and becoming a little more paperless at the same time, because we are a green school, so that would be another issue we could address.
more.......
http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/08/a-weekend-interview-with-hope-schooler-gulf-trace-elementary-principal.html
How did this pilot project begin?
My tech specialist Rob Borsky and I were talking last year. We made sure that all of our teams have mobile labs. And we said it would be nice to have a class that really focused on technology, because that was the way of the world. We really need to look at our students as 21st century learners. And what could we do to do that?
So we began doing some brainstorming together and we said, why don't we see if we have the funds within house that we could purchase laptops that could be used in a classroom and really look at how we could set up something where that group of students really focused their learning on using the laptop, using the Internet, using different resources and becoming a little more paperless at the same time, because we are a green school, so that would be another issue we could address.
more.......
http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/08/a-weekend-interview-with-hope-schooler-gulf-trace-elementary-principal.html