Hopkins Education Foundation Awards $42,000 in Grants
The organization has given more than $2 million to Hopkins schools since 1995.
Benjamin Friesen knows that educators have plenty of cool technology to work with. The West Junior High digital content specialist and other teachers regularly use Google apps and other tools. But technology on its own doesn’t ensure better learning. That’s why Friesen is thankful for a $9,600 grant the Hopkins Education Foundation awarded him and fellow technology integration specialist Todd Roudabush. The grant will pay for about 70 teachers from five districts to come together and share their ideas about how to get the most out of the technology, the second part of a get-together called the “Apps Collaboration Hive.” “It’s just primarily a good professional development experience for our staff so they can take that away,” Friesen said…
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