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Auburn on Bloomberg EDU: Tablets in K-12 Education

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

The May 17th episode of the Bloomberg EDU radio focused on tablets in K-12 education. I shared Auburn's experience. Here is the description of the episode: Educators Discuss the Use of Tablets in K-12 Education (Audio) Sara Schapiro, director of … Continue reading →

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The Series on the New MLTI: Choice, Auburn, and Learning

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Maine has long had the first (and, unfortunately, only) 1to1 learning with technology initiative: MLTI. The MLTI contract was up for renewal this year, and, for the first time, Maine is allowing each district to choose from 5 finalist proposals, … Continue reading →

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Is the iPad a Viable Solution for the High School?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

As districts are deciding which MLTI solution they would like to choose, there have been a lot of questions asked about if the iPad is a viable solution for high schools. Note 1: I'm not trying to convince folks to … Continue reading →

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Auburn’s Data Shows (Again) The Positive Impact of iPads

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

Our School Committee wants to know if there has been an impact of having iPads in the primary grades classrooms, and there has been! In fact, we recently presented those findings to the School Committee. All our primary grades students … Continue reading →

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Where Can I Learn More about iPads in Elementary Schools

Posted on December 25, 2012 by

I get asked regularly, besides my writing about our iPad initiative, who else writes about iPads in elementary education. Here are some of the folks I read: Sidwell Friends School (the primary grades iPad initiative at the school the Obama … Continue reading →

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More Indications of Positive Results from Auburn’s iPads

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

We’ve had iPads in our Kindergarten classrooms for more than a year now. This fall, we also rolled out iPads to our 1st grade students. All in the name of improving students’ mastery of literacy and math. We know that … Continue reading →

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Learning about Leveraging iPads for Learning

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

We just wrapped up our second annual Leveraging Learning Institute. We played host to 140 educators from across Maine, the country, and around the world! We had folks from Georgia, West Virginia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. We even had five educators … Continue reading →

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Leveraging Learning: iPads in Primary Grades – Registration Opens Thursday!

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

Last November, Auburn successfully hosted their first Leveraging Learning Institute, focused on iPads in primary grades. We will be hosting the Institute again November 14-16, 2012. Sessions will appeal to those just starting and veteran implementers, as well as, those … Continue reading →

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MLTI, Kindergarten iPads, & Customized Learning: a Keynote with Gov. King & Commissioner Bowen

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Imagine! Governor Angus King, who started the country’s first statewide 1to1 learning with laptop initiative, on stage with Commissioner Steve Bowen, whose strategic plan for education moves Maine away from Carnegie Units and toward Customized Learning, answering questions posed by … Continue reading →

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Should Kindergarteners Use iPads in the Classroom? Absolutely!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

This week, Government Technology posted the article, “Should Kindergarteners Use iPads in the Classroom?“ It looked like the article had found year-old news of our starting our iPad initiative, thinking it was current, and raised the question if this were … Continue reading →

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