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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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Release Date: 10/28/2009
Running Time: 08:07 min

Video Credits

Produced, Written, and Directed by

  • Ken Ellis

Editor

  • Karen Sutherland

Coordinating Producer

  • Amy Erin Borovoy

Production Assistant

  • Doug Keely

Camera Crew

  • Thomas Waldron
  • Mark Angelo

Narrator

  • Kris Welch

Original Music

  • Ed Bogas
  • © 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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