The district has now launched a new website focused on informing residents about the proposal for iPads for students. There is now also a Twitter handle to follow from the district, which is @nfldmnk12engage.
This week has been full of updates on the Northfield Public Schools transformational technology project, which aims at getting iPads in classrooms throughout the district. The district has now launched a new website focused on informing residents about the proposal. There is now also a Twitter handle to follow from the district, which is @nfldmnk12engage. Other iPad/transformational technology posts on Patch:
Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting.
Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. Documents from the meeting are attached as PDFs. The board: Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter
Two public meetings have been scheduled to review the proposal with the community.
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The Northfield Public Schools Board of Education on Monday was presented with the transformational technology proposal at its meeting that would start putting tablets in the hands of students. The proposal includes a 1:1 tablet computer initiative for students in sixth through 12th grade and a pod-based approach at elementary schools using a ratio of one device for every three and a half students. Faculty and staff have been using tablets—iPads—this school year. The school board last year approved a plan to integrate tablets into the district. District officials were hopeful to eventually get a tablet in the hands of every student. Two public meetings have been scheduled to review the proposal with the community: Both meetings will be …
The district will lease the iPads for three years at about $41,000 a year. There will be additional costs for purchasing software and for protective covers for the iPads.
The Northfield School Board on Monday unanimously approved a plan to lease iPads for all licensed staff and selected non-licensed staff starting with the 2012-13 school year. The district will lease the iPads for three years at about $41,000 per year. There will be additional costs for purchasing software and for protective covers for the iPads. It's the first big step for the Transformational Technology project, the brainchild of Superintendent Chris Richard and Matt Hillmann, district director of human resources and technology. They're considering putting an iPad—a cross between a smart phone and a laptop—in the hands of each of Northfield’s 3,900 students and most of its staff. The tablet would replace most items in a traditional …
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