by Peggy Aulisio, Southcoasttoday
A federal grant is bringing Acushnet students into the 21st century, making learning fun while preparing them for the jobs of the future. Using just some of the new technology last Friday, students in Shane Martin’s sixth grade math class were moving words on a screen under column headings. They were using a technology similar to what CNN does with maps when calling elections, although not quite as flashy. Students in another room were watching a video showing what happens when baking soda is mixed with vinegar. And in another class, students studying Social Studies were matching Longfellow’s poem on Paul Revere’s midnight ride to the Revolutionary War events that actually happened. They checked the facts, not by poring through a textbook, but in a virtual museum on the Internet.
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