“Eric M. DeHays has a vision — a vision of every elementary student in the Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District holding an iPad,” Paula J. Owen reports for The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. “And, like most visions, he had to start small — kindergarten small.”
“For the next three years, the district is leasing 83 iPads at $20,000 a year. The money is coming from the district’s operating budget, Mr. DeHays said — money from his department previously earmarked for desktop computers,” Owen reports. “Students at the J.R. Briggs Elementary School in Ashburnham and Meeting House School in Westminster are using the iPads.”
Owen reports, “Briggs Principal Andrea J. McGrath said she would like to see more iPads in the school. ‘I think that is what we are heading towards,’ Ms. McGrath said. ‘An iPad in every classroom. It is how some kids are used to learning. Instead of bucking the system, we’re joining the system and creating learning opportunities they are comfortable with. It will never replace the one-on-one personal connection the teachers have with the kids.'”
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