Holiday activities can be educational as well

Many of the activities families already do over the holidays are the ideal occasions to incorporate lessons taught during the school year and keep kids' minds sharp while out of the classroom.

Texting, Twitter become classroom staples with two Lowell instructors

Lowell High School teacher Kevin Deal talks to students. Deal often uses Twitter to engage his students in his lessons on literature.

Texting, Twitter become classroom staples with two Lowell instructors

Lowell High School student Trent Espravnik uses Celly, a web-based texting service, to communicate with his cellphone in Joe Gianotti's class.

Texting, Twitter become classroom staples with two Lowell instructors

Lowell High School student Trent Espravnik uses Celly, a web-based texting service, to communicate with his cellphone in Joe Gianotti's class.

Texting, Twitter become classroom staples with two Lowell instructors

Lowell High School teacher Joe Gianotti demonstrates the web-based texting service Celly in class. Gianotti and Kevin Deal, both language arts teachers, recently were featured in the online EdTech Magazine for their use of technology in the classroom.

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IU Northwest unveils Next Generation Technology Classroom

The Next Generation Technology Classroom is up and running in Hawthorne Hall at Indiana University Northwest in Gary. The room houses flexible learning spaces where students can collaborate on projects, a portable white board to record and post ideas, a white board with a camera to print out…

IU Northwest unveils Next Generation Technology Classroom

Indiana University Northwest student Cynthia Evans, center, of Portage, checks out a word game in the Next Generation Technology Classroom in Hawthorne Hall at the Gary campus. The high-tech classroom includes video conferencing, tables that support collaborative work, computer stations on w…