Today’s News
By: Jacob M.
Today’s News:
technology in schools
proven to advance
learning rate by a
staggering 35% also
pear announces new
device for schools
called the “eyeschool”
according to the
Wisconsin school of
technology. They
tested schools that
use computers and
have BYOD (Bring
Your Own Device)
polices. To prove
schools with
technology tend to
have their students
learn at a faster pace
they tested 50
schools that use
computers everyday
50 that have BYOD
policies but don’t use
computers everyday
50 schools that use
both and 50 schools
that don’t use
technology at all. and
in sixth grade the
schools that used
technology were at
an eighth grade
reading level while
the schools that don’t
use technology were
still at a sixth grade
reading level. But it’s
not just in reading
their accelerated in
math in the schools
that have BOYD
policies are also in
the eighth grade level
while the schools
with computers still
tested in the sixth
grade level and in all
the other classes they
were all in the sixth
grade level.
In other news the
new pear device the
“eyeschool” is said to
have a 10X12 inch
screen with teacher
module that can
connect to the class