LAURA SHAW: "Kids, especially in kindergarten, are very
hands-on
and learn best when they're actually
manipulating
information and manipulating objects. When you have eighteen kids in the classroom and you see ten kids, hands raised up, the teacher does her best to
get around
. But sometimes with the iPads and certain
apps
the kids get
immediate feedback
. They know what they've done is correct and they can move on, or they know 'Oh, I need to ask for help.'"
Almost three hundred kindergarteners in Auburn are using iPads this year. Project
coordinator
Mike Muir says he believes the computers can help students improve in reading and math. Less than two-thirds of the third graders in the school system are at what are known as benchmark levels..
MIKE MUIR: "One of our literacy interventionists was working with several of her students, and, having a hard time with helping them be successful, she finally pulled out her own personal iPad and had them work on some apps for letter recognition and letter formation, and they met the benchmark very quickly and even as she moved on to other topics with these students, they
retained
that level of mastery."
School districts in other states including South Carolina, Tennessee and Illinois are also using iPads. The project in Maine costs two hundred thousand dollars. Most of that money is from the state and the federal government.
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