Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The student told the Kirkwood Call that the school is too obsessed with Apple products.
A junior at Kirkwood High School has been circulating a petition at the school in opposition to the use of Apple iPad Mini tablets, a program that the school board unanimously approved just last week. The board approved the $213,875 purchase of 625 iPad Minis and cases and two classroom iPad carts. Students in third grade and above will be allowed to take the tablets home while younger students will use devices only in the classroom. But Luke Backer, a junior at the high school, told the Kirkwood Call in a video posted on YouTube that he school has an "Apple obsession" and should be looking at options outside the Apple product line. The petition, he said, "was really more to prove a point than anything else. While iPads have their place, I…
Friday, December 7, 2012
Technology leaders in the Kirkwood School District are gathering information about the device as a learning tool.
In an effort to better understand how students could use personal iPads, members of the Kirkwood School District (KSD) plan to visit Springfield, IL, to see how public school students are using the tablets. The trip, scheduled for Dec. 18, is part of ongoing research into whether the Kirkwood School District should provide students with iPads as it explores a one-to-one technology model in which every student in the district would receive a personal electronic device. Administrators, technology leaders and school board members will have the opportunity to talk with Springfield Public School officials and teachers and observe how students are using iPads in the classroom. "We'll ask them, 'What do you wish you had known before you did this…
38.599152
-90.42075
Kirkwood School District R-7
11289 Manchester Rd, Saint Louis, MO
/articles/ipads-for-kirkwood-students-officials-explore-possibility
1486751
/locations/8325352
Thursday, March 29, 2012
What's the worst broken or lost phone story you have?
Drop your phone in the toilet? Run over it with your car? Give it to your 3-year-old daughter and haven't seen it since? Your story may be worth the price of a brand new phone and more! A Lake Saint Louis-based insurance company is offering cash prizes for stories on how carelessly people treat their mobile devices. According to a release from Stuckey & Company, an insurance provider that focuses on hard to get specialty insurance programs, the company is accepting 30-90-second video entries that show how integral iPhones and iPads are in peoples' lives, how carelessly people treat them and how easy it is to lose or damage them. One lucky winner will get a $2,500 grand prize; three runners-up will get a $500 prize. Video entries will be …
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Teachers at Christ Community Lutheran School in Kirkwood report that individual student iPads are working wonders in the classroom.
From engaged note taking to digitally sharing art projects to learning algebra through videos, iPads are making a big impact in Christ Community Lutheran School (CCLS) classrooms. Earlier this year, every eighth grade student at CCLS received an iPad, and the school plans to provide seventh grade students with individual iPads next semester. (See: Kirkwood Middle School Begins 1:1 iPad Initiative) Teachers report that the tablets are helping students become independent learners, savvy researchers and more engaged in learning. Watch this video to learn how apps are being used in the classroom, and why instructors are excited about the new technology. See the accompanying PDF for a complete list of apps used at CCLS. Question to Readers: …
38.574215
-90.406771
Christ Community Lutheran School
110 W Woodbine Ave, Saint Louis, MO
/articles/christ-community-lutheran-school-kirkwood-st-louis-ipad
1487538
/locations/5909513
