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Close digital gap

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To give students access to technology and to bridge future careers with today.

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Because when our students are graduating high school/college there will be jobs that don’t exist/are just beginning to exist right now.

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Allowing all students to have access to technology

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Internet access to complete homework

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Student engagement

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Enhance learning of curriculum and encourage kids into stem

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I am looking forward to increasing the use of technology in my classroom beyond where we currently are utilizing  it

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I’m most looking forward to my students being able to access technology online.

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I am most looking forward to learning how to best use the iPads to engage students in learning.

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Are there safety features?

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How will our students also learn how to navigate PCs

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What has been the most difficult thing other teachers (within the VIL community) have faced with the ipads?

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Why VILS? Because it allows us to extend the teaching and learning beyond the school day and outside of the classroom.

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I’m looking forward to students having access to technology all the time.

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Hardware issues , what if a student breaks or forgets a charger or IPad....what if their IPad gets stolen or lost when they bring them home. Will there be extras in school for kids who forget theirs.

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No questions at the moment, per se.

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What happens if a student forgets their device on the bus or leaves it at home

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Is it an expectation to have students do everything digitally or is VIL aware of the benefits in written work?

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I am looking forward to learning all the ways to use this tech with my students.

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None at the moment

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I used to think that using the iPads would be more work for me, but now I know there are so many possibilities to have my students engage with subject matter

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I used to think that using the iPads would be more work for me, but now I know there are so many possibilities to have my students engage with subject matter

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I used to think that I wouldn’t be able to utilize the iPad much differently than our computers, but now I’m confident that the iPads will truly enrich students’ learning experience.

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I used to think that keeping our laptops would be best, but now I am excited for all of the built in accessibility options for my students (especially the translation options).

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I knew everything.  Now I think I just know most things.

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I used to think that the computers were better for students, but now I think the iPad (although clearly not better for typing skills) is much more accessible for our kids.

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I used to think I wasn’t sure how I was going to use the iPad, now I I’m excited for the possibilities.

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I used to think iPads were just pretty. Now I think they’re pretty and useful.

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I used to think that this was intimidating, but now I know that if you just “play with it,” you can learn what to do.

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I use to think that switching to iPads would take away from students’ creativity in the use of tech but now Ican see alot of possibilities.

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I used to think that I was getting caught up with my peers’ ability to use technology in the classroom but now I think that I am much more further off the mark than I ever