by Beth Dalbey, Iowa Independent
When Alice, Lewis Carroll’s classic childhood literary heroine, stepped through the looking glass, she entered a world where she questioned her assumptions and jettisoned familiar rules. It’s no wonder, then, that Van Meter Community School Superintendent John Carver says the 630-student school district has “stepped through the looking glass” with a one-to-one initiative that trades textbooks for laptops in grades 6-12, connecting students to an infinite collection of human knowledge and for collaborations with peers around the country, and potentially changing the role of teachers from lecturers to facilitators and resource guides. Behind Van Meter’s looking glass, students – or learners, as they’re known in the lexicon of 21st-century education – are more likely to browse the World Wide Web than traditional library shelves when researching papers and presentations.
http://iowaindependent.com/57295/one-to-one-schools-%E2%80%98step-through-the-looking-glass%E2%80%99
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