iPad Innovation Project Helps Elementary Students Engage in Learning
The Elmbrook School Board was given a presentation in which a teacher said her students were benefitting from the implementation of iPads in the elementary levels.
The implementation of 320 iPads in Elmbrook’s elementary levels have shown to motivate and engage students in learning, according to a presentation given to the school board. The iPads were placed in the kindergarten, first- and second-grade classrooms to assist in personalized learning and innovation. Chris Thompson, chief information officer for Elmbrook Schools, told the board last week the teachers are expected to challenge the students using iPads for “higher-order thinking” three times a week. Higher-order thinking includes developing skills in creativity, evaluation and research, critical thinking and problem solving. “We are really getting students to extend their thinking and to demonstrate their creative and innovative thinking …
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