Chromebook Use at Groton-Dunstable Middle School
If students are to succeed as 21st Century learners, they must be technologically literate...
The Groton-Dunstable Regional School District's Department of Technology & Digital Learning continues to refine strategies and practices with all stakeholders to reflect emerging technologies while keeping our mission to reinforce the district's vision, budget considerations, digital learning, and technology integration at the forefront. We continually assess our infrastructure, hardware, and software applications to provide our students with current technologies.
Technology needs must be in the service of learning. We know that not all students learn the same way. Technology provides us with various options to engage all students through multiple modalities. This may seem obvious, but technology often becomes an end unto itself rather than a coherent part of a community plan for learning. The many details in technology planning, including acquisition, cybersecurity, sustainability, teacher training, parent education, and so on, cause people to lose sight of the most critical issue: student learning. Tools and infrastructure are essential but not as important as empowering educators to use technology to engage and empower all students.
Educational technology also plays a valuable role in the implementation of our district’s Universal Design for Learning (UDL) initiative by providing students the tools to analyze information, collaborate, and be creative, as well as provide necessary scaffolds and challenges, that will engage students in the 21st-century learning environment.
We always welcome feedback, and if you have questions about the materials presented, please email Director of Technology & Digital Learning Luke Callahan, Ed.D., at lcallahan@gdrsd.org. If you have questions about our student information system or the SchoolBrains Community Portal, please get in touch with Data Administrator Phyllis Maynard at pmaynard@gdrsd.org.
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Contact the Technology & Digital Learning Department
Luke Callahan, Ed.D.
Director of Technology & Digital Learning
Email: lcallahan@gdrsd.org
Twitter: @CallahanLuke
Gary Babin
Network Administrator
Email: gbabin@gdrsd.org
Joe Bisbee
Systems Administrator
Email: jbisbee@gdrsd.org
Twitter: @GDJBisbee
Phyllis Maynard
Data Administrator
Email: pmaynard@gdrsd.org
Twitter: @PMaynard2014
Shelley Petricca
Network Technician
Email: spetricca@gdrsd.org
Twitter: @ShelleyPetricca
Greg Moquin
Network Technician
Email: gmoquin@gdrsd.org