By Daniel McBride, Houma Today
Despite dwindling dollars, local schools are gearing up for the new year by bringing high-tech devices to more classrooms. From interactive whiteboards to mobile computer labs, students in Terrebonne and Lafourche will return from summer to lessons featuring new technology. “The whole thing is about student engagement,” said Britt Ledet, Lafourche public schools’ technology director. The new devices are popular among teachers as tools to provide “differentiated instruction” — teaching that engages students with different learnings styles. Some students may learn better by seeing, others by doing or hearing. In theory, equipment such as interactive whiteboards allows all these learning styles to be covered in a single lesson.
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