by Earl Horlyk, Sioux City Journal
What’s a responder? About the size of a remote control, it allows students to answer multiple choice questions from their desks and gives teachers the chance to record the results electronically. Starting with the 2010-11 school year, all Sioux City Community School District elementary schools have such devices, according to technology director Neil Schroeder. Over the next few years, the district will also be outfitting the middle schools and high schools with similar high-tech “toys.” The funding for this new technology is a result of a $179.95 million class-action lawsuit the state had against the Microsoft Corporation. The terms of the settlement provides the school district with more than $2 million between now and 2014, half of which must be spent of settlement administrators-approved software.
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