People have begun following up with each other as they are learning in the sessions. It s something that each teacher will carry with them forever. They have learned that the computer is not a school thing, it s a life thing. It s so exciting to walk into a faculty room and see this person who didn t know something 2 weeks ago, saying, Oh, I can show you that, Kathy showed me yesterday. It is so encouraging to see that a tremendous amount of cooperative learning is going on.
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When you need help, you go where you need to get it. So we see now that everybody custodians, technicians, secretaries, administrators, teachers asks for help when they need help. And we have such a good, trusting relationship that principals aren t embarrassed to ask teachers how to do something. The referendum also included renovation of two science rooms, automation of elementary libraries, large projection units for the schools, and a media distribution system for media retrieval and video. Staff development was covered by local district funds and was also included with purchases of all new hardware.