In Allendale Public Schools, the educational experience of 2,200 students is centered on having their own connected device. They're using Chromebooks—thin, Google-based laptops that leverage cloud computing and storage—in every classroom, and most take theirs home at night. And perhaps the most amazing thing about this high-tech learning environment is that to these kids, it's not even that amazing.
"They've gotten very used to it," says Paul Mulder, director of technology for Allendale Public Schools. And while having their own device in school is practically old hat for students now, he says, "it's really improved their technology skills and what they're able to leave our halls with in terms of life skills." |
