Unity Public School and Cut Knife Elementary School will be the sixth and seventh schools to receive iPads as part of the One-to-One Learning program instituted by the Living Sky School Division.
The One-to-One Learning program currently in place in Luseland, Major, Spiritwood High, North Battleford Comprehensive High and Connaught has two core principles, as described by the school division. The first is the principle that "ubiquitous access to digital learning tools creates a 21st century learning environment that engages and stimulates students."
The second is the principle that "ubiquitous access to digital learning tools creates changes in teaching and learning that will lead to increased student achievement and strengthen skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving."
The program is one of many being instituted by school division nation-wide to prepare students for the technological world that awaits them after school. Intended to make students "technological problem-solvers," it is hoped it will also improve things like Internet etiquette and collaboration, both within and without the classroom. The program is also described as a "great opportunity to prepare our students for their future education and work lives."
Comments from staff and students suggest the iPads are a welcome, modernizing addition to the classroom that work to improve literacy, strengthen mathematic skills and connect with communities around the world.
