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Classroom computers

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Knowlton ES placed an additional computer in each classroom. These computers are used for intervention purposes using programs such as Earobics, Albra Palabra, and Lexia SOS during guided reading groups. According to CIT Larinda Rios, “The computers have expanded the classrooms with more internet connectivity to provide multitudes of real world information at a moment's notice.”

At Rawlinson MS, seventh grade reading teachers Amber Gonzales and Denise Jimenez, along with CIT Shirley Nedry, have developed an integration project using the Internet and Inspiration, a concept mapping program. Reading teachers selected “The Clay Marble,” a novel about a young Cambodian girl. Students were able to take a virtual tour of the country, including recording phrases in the Khmer language by using a microphone and watching videos of Cambodian music and dance. They also took a virtual reality tour of the Cambodian section of the National Gallery of Art, viewing the exhibits in panoramic 360 degree perspectives. What could have been just a one-dimensional assignment became an integrated, real world lesson.

Visit http://www.nisd.net/cmptecww/deploy for more information related to the Bond 2001 and Bond 2004 campus-based technology deployments.

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Pillar Feature

Pillar of Respect: Jeffrey Hoberman, Clark High School – Class of ’85. A
resident of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jeffrey Hoberman is just as likely to find himself in Chile or Ecuador or Washington, D.C., where he works
to improve the economies of South American countries as co-CEO of Recovery, an economic development company. After graduating from Clark HS, Yale University, and Harvard Law School, Hoberman won a Ford Foundation Fellowship, which landed him at the Ministry of Economy in Argentina, where he helped reform bankruptcy laws. By 1995, he was advisor to the President of Argentina’s Banco Hipotecario and successfully arranged the first internationally-placed mortgage bonds. His new company (major stockholder is SOROS) is dedicated to strengthening local and provincial governments in developing countries, utilizing advanced technology to improve government services. Treating people with respect–in three or more languages –defines Jeffrey Hoberman, our 2004 Pillar of Respect.

22nd Annual NISD
Golf Tournament

Friday, March 25
Northern Hills Country Club
1 p.m. shotgun start
Entry fee $60 per person

For more information, contact Jeff Kelso (via Groupwise) at Holmes HS.
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