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Technology Makes Learning Personal

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Though more schools possess the technological tools, too few use them to personalize the learning process. Meet the faculty at Forest Lake Elementary in Columbia, SC. Starting as techno novices, they now use customizable software, interactive whiteboards, digital cameras, and more to tailor lessons to the individual needs of diverse students.

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Teacher Tom Wolken uses technology tools and timed challenges to teach math at Olmsted Academy North, an all-boys middle school in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Release Date: 12/18/2009
Running Time: 03:56

Video Credits

Produced, Written, and Directed by

  • Ken Ellis

Editor

  • Karen Sutherland

Associate Producer

  • Doug Keely

Camera Crew

  • Rob Weller
  • Mark Crowner

Coordinating Producer

  • Amy Erin Borovoy

Narration

  • Peter Coyote

Original Music

  • Ed Bogas

Additional Footage Courtesy of

  • Jefferson County Public Schools
  • © 2009
  • The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • All rights reserved.

Support for Edutopia's Schools That Work series is provided, in part, by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

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