Ridgewood Schools Technology Outreach Programs for Parents and Guardians
The district’s Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment has added a session on financial literacy to the 2014-2015 Community Outreach Program. This series for parents and guardians consists of evening presentations focusing on current education topics. First up is “Technology in Our Schools,” presented by district Manager of Information Technology Ryan Kenny on Thursday, October 16 from 7-9 p.m. at Benjamin Franklin Middle School. Ryan will share information on the district’s 1:1 Chrome Book initiative, which was just launched this fall at RHS.
His presentation will be followed by presentations by six new Technology Teacher Coaches from elementary, middle, and the high school, showcasing examples of how technology is being used in classrooms in all schools and levels of education.
K-5 – Stephen Polanin and Susan Foreman
6-8 – AJ Bianco and Mary Lou Handy
9-12 – Stef Gigante and Daisy Sam
This not-to-be-missed presentation will give parents exposure to their how technology is enhancing their children’s education everyday across the District.
Click here for more information on the October 16 program and the entire series.
Click here for the press release with more details.
Why do we have an online system that is a hodgepodge? Multiple signons. Skyward, blackboard, Google groups and that awful system to pay fees.
Do we have any assurance from Google that they will not be tracking our children? Teachers use Google class management. Is Google tracking the student’s grades and progress in school?
In California parents pushed for and received received signed assurances that their children would not be tracked. Do we have the same guarantees?
it was the first thing I thought of with the laptops , and you are the first person to make that point