Tuesday, July 12, 2011

One to One

                                                                 Dear Faculty,
We are receiving laptops for our students next year which help promote a One to One initiative.  This is a great opportunity to make our students more globally competitive in the future.  This measure will also create many opportunities for students to learn within our classrooms and at home.  These learning tools will help our children develop twenty-first century skills which will prepare them for our workforce.  Our students will be able to enrich their knowledge in global awareness with interactive lessons taught in the classroom.  Our classrooms can be the gateway to the world.  This tool should help bridge the achievement gap in all students within our classrooms.  One to One initiative can help students develop problem solving skills as well as critical thinking skills.  This will help promote higher achievement within the classroom.  Teachers will also benefit from this technology.  You will be able to grade through PowerPoint’s, excel spread sheets, and other software instead of using paper.  This opportunity will help you expand your visual aids as well content to every student within your classroom.  This technology will drive content enrichment for all students.  Teachers will be able to engage into the student’s everyday life such as twitter.  Students will be able to tweet or IM you during class to ask a question.  This will help students ask tough question in the classroom without embarrassment.  These are just some of the positive avenues for these laptops.  Teachers will also engage in professional development to learn new software and instruments.  Teachers will learn about Edmodo, wiki, and blogging sites.  This professional development will enhance teacher and student learning in the future and develop twenty-first century skills.  We hope you embrace this opportunity for our community, school, staff, and students. 

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