The laptops couldn ’ t hold a charge and the students didn ’ t have power outlets at their desks ,” he explains .
On Phillips ’ s 90th day as Director of Technology he approached his superintendent Dr . Mark Bedell and requested US $ 2mn . “ Dr . Bedell and our board members are very supportive of the work we are doing and the project was easily approved .” After the first winter break , all students in grades three to six received new laptops , shortly followed with iPads for Kindergarten through to grade two . “ This upgrade has made a huge difference on our ability to use technology to teach our kids as well as individualising our teaching for each student . We have also focused on reducing our average ticket time for IT problems and have been able to get it from 46 days down to under 48 hours .”
In addition to this , the vast number of projectors are being replaced with OneScreen interactive flat panels , which were provided by Clary Co , a company Phillips cites as pivotal in standardising teaching for staff across all schools in the district , which , when paired with strong
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