I am excited to share with you some exciting news about our classroom this year. Round Rock ISD is in its 3rd and final year of a pilot program that will help bring technology into the hands of our students and allow them to utilize this tool to benefit their educational experience. For the last year in the pilot, the structure is a bit different as teachers are paired up, and as a result, their classes will collaborate on a variety of projects. Our class has been chosen to be one of the Next Generation Digital Classrooms for Sommer Elementary!! Hooray! We will pair up with Mrs. Manning's Kindergarten class. As a firm believer in the power of collaboration AND the use of technology in the classroom, I could not be more ecstatic about this opportunity!
As a pilot program, our goal is to explore the unlimited possibilities of technology integration to enhance student achievement, increase engagement, transform teaching and learning, and help make decisions regarding the next steps of technology integration. Our class will be getting tablets for use IN CLASS. These devices WILL NOT go home.
Please visit http://ngdcrrisd.blogspot.com/ for more information.
I am honored and excited to be a part of this program and can’t wait to see what we accomplish. Parents, I hope you will be amazed at what your first grader will be able to do. I plan on keeping you informed along the way as to what we are doing and how you can access it as well. I will go in to more detail about how we will use the tablets at Parent Night.
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