April 28, 2005

Tara Pipes’ love of teaching was rekindled after Norte Elementary School began the Kyrene Teaches with Technology Program.

Dave Hanlon prowls through his fifth-grade classroom, observing his students playing math games on computer laptops perched on each desk.

Dave Hanlon prowls through his fifth-grade classroom, observing his students playing math games on computer laptops perched on each desk.

As most everything at Arizona State University gets bigger — its student body, campuses, research funding — the size of its instruction at one campus is about to shrink to fit in a student’s pocket.

As most everything at Arizona State University gets bigger — its student body, campuses, research funding — the size of its instruction at one campus is about to shrink to fit in a student’s pocket.

Salt River Project is offering grants for teachers looking for ways to engage their students in the classroom in the areas of math, science, technology and social studies.

A planned butterfly garden at Playa del Rey Elementary School in Gilbert is expected to give every grade level a chance to learn in a natural environment. The first-graders can use digital thermometers in the garden while studying about weather, while the second-graders have a place to release their butterflies, an annual project.

Those of us whose childhood experiences with technological upgrades in the schools involved little more than mimeograph machines replaced by photocopiers may find an upcoming Scottsdale school capital budget override election a bit daunting, though necessary.

Without a doubt, Netbooks, iPads and smartphones are moving into many East Valley classrooms these days, if they’re not there already.

Fifth-grade teacher Stephanie Lederman worked diligently with her colleagues to construct a circuit that would use the sun's rays to power tiny light bulbs. As the light bulbs flickered, the Chandler teacher couldn't wait to take the free set of materials back to her school to teach her students about renewable energy with the information she learned from the Powering Our Future Renewable Energy workshop sponsored by Salt River Project.

Complete with British accents, students in Katie Kingman’s senior English class at Ahwatukee Foothills’ Horizon Community Learning Center throw themselves into character as they read from Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

The first-ever Tribune Education Expo will showcase talented students, informative speakers, and what East Valley schools have to offer a booming child population.

Scottsdale Unified School District officials are scaling back their request for tax money to improve technology in classrooms, at least for the time being.

A new wireless broadband wide-area network in the Florence Unified School District has teachers and students using faster computers, watching better video conferences and having more technology opportunities available.

Fifth-grade students in Linda Laneback’s reading class at Scales Elementary School recently read “Satchmo’s Blues” by Alan Schroeder, a storybook biography of Louis Armstrong’s childhood.

Technology is helping sixth-graders at Tempe’s Gililland Middle School become better readers while teaching them skills they can one day use in the workplace.

The first-ever Tribune Education Expo will showcase talented students, informative speakers, and what East Valley schools have to offer a booming child population.

The share of tax dollars that actually wind up in Arizona classrooms slid again last year, to the lowest level in the 11 years the state has been monitoring.

Apache Junction Unified School District is taking part in ‘Speak Up 2012,’ an online survey of students, parents, teachers and administrators to gather input on both the needs and use of technology in the classroom.

Teachers looking to integrate technology into their classroom may be able to supplement technology in their classes through a grant from CCS.

Two adult students in the Surgical Technology program at the East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) were recently awarded scholarships totaling $3,500 for their outstanding academic achievement.

Mike Luciano knew he had found his career the first time he entered an editing studio.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College celebrated the opening of the Environmental Technology Center, an outdoor learning center, at the college’s Pecos campus Tuesday.