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Second Technology Town Hall at ORHS on Nov. 25

Posted at 6:18 pm November 12, 2014
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Oak Ridge Schools will have its second Technology Town Hall presentation and question-and-answer forum on Tuesday, November 25.

The presentation and forum are scheduled to start at 7 p.m. November 25 in the Oak Ridge High School Auditorium. Residents, parents, and students are all invited.

Superintendent Bruce Borchers will have a brief presentation talking about the benefits of Oak Ridge Schools launching an innovative learning platform that integrates technology, a press release said. Borchers’ presentation will be followed by a live classroom-based technology demonstration by teacher Chris Layton and his students at Jefferson Middle School. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: bring your own device, Bruce Borchers, BYOD, Chris Layton, David Kolodney, digital communication, forum, Jefferson Middle School, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Schools, ORHS, presentation, technology, Technology Town Hall

Oak Ridge Schools has Technology Town Hall on Sept. 30

Posted at 6:55 pm September 3, 2014
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Bruce Borchers

Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Bruce Borchers will host a Technology Town Hall on September 30.

The town hall will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, in the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center.

“Oak Ridge Schools would like to invite all community members, parents, and students to attend,” a press release said.

The town hall will include a presentation by Borchers, followed by a question-and-answer forum.

The release said Borchers’ short presentation will discuss the benefits of Oak Ridge Schools launching a Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, platform starting the second nine weeks of school, on October 20, and the future of Oak Ridge Schools’ technology plan with a continued move towards integrating 1:1 (district-purchased devices for all students). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: 1:1, bring your own device, Bruce Borchers, BYOD, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Schools, ORS, question-and-answer forum, technology plan, Technology Town Hall, Town Hall

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