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Science teacher reaches students with technology - Laura Shovan, Baltimore Sun

When students in Regina Hobbs' earth-science class learn about humidity and dew point, they don't use traditional tools such as barometers or thermometers. Hobbs, a science teacher at River Hill High School, gives her ninth-graders handheld computers with temperature probes to collect and graph data. The kids are more motivated," she said. "It breaks up the lesson" to use technology. It is not unusual for Hobbs to use the latest computer gadgets as a motivator. This spring, MICCA named her Howard County's 2003 Outstanding Technology Using Educator.

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