We’ve had a great summer at Keystone getting ready for the 2015-16 school year in terms of technology – Technology Integration Director Dr. Wivagg  and Middle School Assistant Director Mr. Bartanusz have been working steadily to prepare for our second year of our iPad implementation by setting up iPads for students in the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades.  Technology Director Mr. Moore has continued to upgrade the wifi by adding access points across the campus to meet the bandwidth needs.  The 5/6 faculty team and the 7th grade faculty team met for summer trainings, and we look forward to having teachers continue to use a blend of technology and traditional practices and resources depending on the learning goals and tasks that they seek to achieve.

We learned a lot from our first year implementation, including confirmation that paper is not dead; students will continue to take notes in journals, even as they read texts on their iPads using apps like Study Sync and Subtext, as well as accessing other classroom resources like map apps, iMovie, Microsoft Word and Excel.  Students will continue to use Google Drive, and we’re thrilled to carry on the seeds sowed with Ms. Luckie’s Project C, a creative and critical thinking process based project for the fifth and sixth graders.  We look forward as well to having homework assignments streamlined on the new homework websites crafted by Dr. Wivagg.  Check back for updates as we “slide to learn”!

Theresa