Milton school taps future of education
An interesting experiment is playing out this fall at Milton Middle School and attracting the attention of educators near and far. Every student in the school’s seventh and eighth grades has been equipped with an iPad.
Sure, other schools elsewhere in the country have so equipped students, but this is seemingly a pioneering project for districts in our neck of Wisconsin. It was the focus of a Gazette story by reporter Neil Johnson in Friday’s Gazette.
What benefits are teachers seeing in this advance that might soon become the norm in classrooms here and across the nation? What are the possible drawbacks, particularly for taxpayers?
We’ll share our thoughts and pose a few questions in our editorial Tuesday.
Greg Peck can be reached at (608) 755-8278 or gpeck@gazettextra.com. Or follow him on Twitter or Facebook
Sep 27, 2012 at 7:16 a.m.
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VERY GOOD to read YOUR blog re. MILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT's leadership vis-a-vis 21st century wireless educational tools for students! Interesting to read the positive comments on your blog while the readers of my WE THE PEOPLE blog have been consistently negative as they comment on the Milton Middle School's provision of iPads to all students and teacher, Greg. So it goes... here we go... John W. Eyster
Sep 26, 2012 at 8:02 a.m.
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I am all in favor of technological advancements in all aspects of life. Part of the reason we are getting our butts kicked globally in the tech field is because other countries figured out the value of this years ago. With that said just simply giving a kid an iPad doesn't advance him/her if they are just reading it. I am curious and hopefully someone can fill me in on what they are doing with the devices are they just being used as readers? I can see the advantage to that, no ripped pages, the kid can't forget his/her book and we know they are not forgetting these things I am sure they are 'glued' to their hands. Are there any apps developed specifically for classes or the school in general. From an admin standpoint I can totally see the advantages for these over the old ways of using pen and paper to take attendance, enter grades, etc.
I guess honestly my only issue could be price unless they got a hell of a deal on the iPads which is very possible, a kindle Fire is much cheaper and apps can be developed on that platform as well. If anyone can answer those questions I would greatly appreciate it.
Sep 24, 2012 at 9:31 p.m.
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Sigma40 - The only laptop I had growing up was our little terrier.
7AM - 9:30 PM. That's how long I've sat in front of a computer today (minus drive time to and from work), and I'll do it all over again tomorrow...
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Sep 24, 2012 at 4:39 p.m.
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Every student should have had a laptop 10 years ago.. Not sure how it can be an experiment when its already been tested and successful in almost every field out there...except the education field which is WAY behind.
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