Hopkins Junior High Teachers Receive iPads
They received the devices to start developing content for the district’s new digital curriculum plan, which will give every junior high student an iPad by 2014-15.
(The following news release comes from Hopkins Public Schools. In March, the School Board granted preliminary approval for $200,000 toward a districtwide “digital content” plan. The money is part of a $3 million plan paid for primarily by changing capital project levy priorities—including reducing money for older technology, such as desktop computers. The one-time money funds the transition period while the district is still ramping up use of iPads.) In preparation for next year's Digital Content and Access plan, Hopkins junior high teachers received their work-issued ipads to begin developing digital curriculum and transform the way they teach. Guiding Hopkins teachers in this learning transformation is a framework that allows …
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