In Laurie Bisconti’s social studies class at Heritage Middle School, eighth graders are engaged in lessons on finding fossils and artifacts. The classes are interactive with iPads, and Powerpoint, mobile smartboard, internet sources, music, and video, as students share findings and make comparisons, physically and culturally, to unlock the mysteries of ancient life.
The social studies lesson is one of four classes featured in this 1:1 video, a film by Jason Daily, a teacher of TV production at LHS, to help illustrate a vision for the future of educational technology in Livingston, including one-to-one computing, in which every student from Grades 7-12 would receive a laptop for Internet access and digital learning.
The classes featured include a high school history class that created an online notebook to share research on progressive presidents, a marketing class with the tools to create business plans, and an eighth grade Language Arts class collaborating on online multimedia presentations on Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the master of science fiction.
“On the great benefits of the 1:1 initiative,” says LHS Principal Mark Stern, says, “is that even though we’re talking about technology, and it seems futurist and sci-fi, I actually think it makes learning more organic.”
