Parkway to Allow Students to Use Personal Devices in Class
The district has completed a pilot program that lets students use their own smart phones, tablets or laptops in class.
The Parkway School District is moving from banning cell phone use in the classroom to embracing it with the successful completion of a pilot program that allowed students to bring their smart phones, tablets and laptops to school. Called the Campus Technology Access (CTA) plan, it was implemented at Central Middle School and North High School this semester and is now scheduled to go into use at all district secondary schools shortly after Thanksgiving. At this point, the focus is on simply allowing students to have access to a school-wide Internet network with later plans to add features such as cloud storage. Parkway Coordinator of Instructional Technology Tom Swoboda introduced the panel and said the purpose is to expand student learning…
PaulRevere
1:14 pm on Thursday, November 22, 2012
Are Parent's taking on more Financial contribution to our public school system? That is exactly what I conclude in calling Ipad's and cell phones "TOOLS" for education. I wonder if all these Parents who can afford these $500 Ipads and $1,000 cell phones could also afford to PAy for their own Childs Full education costs. How about that , Parents? Is it time for you to take that Ipad and cell phone… more ›