Educational Technology

August 23, 2012

Classrooms embracing social media

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:35 am

by Carmen McCullom, the Times

No longer are tech devices forbidden in Northwest Indiana schools as many were a few short years ago. Now, more region students are taking advantage of the full social networking platform that includes Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and texting, as well as their own school-issued computer — and using that technology in the classroom. This will be the first year Tri-Creek School Corp. offers take-home laptops to about 900 Lowell middle and 1,200 high school students, said Jay Blackman, Tri-Creek’s director of information and educational technology.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/classrooms-embracing-social-media/article_f4e83fd4-5d83-59e7-9b2f-c3ff91f10a2a.html

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