| Presenter: | Guy Ballard |
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| Title: | Connecting Students, Not Hardware |
| Description: | Learn about how technology at District 219 keeps students, parents, and teachers connected, and look to the future where every student will have their own MID (Mobile Internet Device) as part of the curriculum. See how we support students and the entire school community with Google Apps, computer labs, the web, and our mission to ensuring a student-focused learning environment where every student succeeds. |
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| Education Level: | 9-12 |
| Content Themes: | Technology Infrastructure, 21st Century Teaching & Learning |
| Curricular Areas: | Language Arts, Art, Math, Science, Music/Drama, Physical Education, Interdisciplinary |
| Story decade: | 1999-2009, Future |
| Story relates to: | Educational transformation, ISTE, NECC, General Ed Tech |
| Meta Tags: | high school, student, parent, teacher, connect, technology, progress, future, curriculum, cloud, MID, learn |
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