Posted by Ali Gaby | Posted on 19-01-2012
Last week, Apple held a media event in New York City. At this event, the technology-gurus revealed their newest software programs, which could forever change the way that education takes place in the classroom. Currently, there are 1.5 million iPads that are being used in classrooms across the country. There are also more than 20,000 education and learning apps available in the app store. However, these numbers can both be expected to increase in the near future, thanks to the release of these new programs.
So what exactly did Apple announce?
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Posted by Ali Gaby | Posted on 07-01-2011
One week ago, the Takoma Educational Center’s new home had no heat, running water or kitchen facilities to feed its 328 students. Asbestos lurked in spots, and 48 classrooms needed to be cleaned, painted, furnished and decorated for grades pre-K through eight.
The good news was that the former Meyer Elementary School, at 11th and Euclid Streets NW, which closed in June 2008, was still a building with “solid bones,” said Anthony DeGuzman, director of the D.C. school facilities office.
District officials were left scrambling over the holidays for a new facility after a three-alarm fire Dec. 22 caused $2 million worth of damage to the second and third floors of Takoma’s building at Piney Branch Road NW.
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