The ActivTables are at four middle schools in the district and have made up the largest distribution of ActivTables in the nation.
“This is where it is heading into the future, and there are endless opportunities ,” said Joe Riggi, eighth grade algebra teacher at the district’s Woodrow Wilson Middle School, in a statement.Īnother technology that has been integrated into the classrooms throughout the district is Promethean’s ActivTables. What started out as a small advancement has now grown to over 300 iPads in algebra and geometry classes, including distributing iPads to eighth grade students in honors algebra classes this year. During the same time as the mobile app was launching for the district, the schools also saw the implementation of iPads in freshman algebra classrooms, through a partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The move to utilizing greater technology was in response to a shift in students’ learning methods - most of which were heavily influenced by technology. The mobile application, My Edison, is free for students, parents and the community, and gives access to school news, district-wide events, maps, contact directories and more, all via smartphones, mobile devices and platforms.Įdison Township School District is one of the first K-12 districts to pursue a mobile strategy, as well as the district’s Parent Portal, giving parents the ability to securely access information on their child’s schedules, grades and attendance. In 2011, the district partnered with Washington, D.C.-based Blackboard Inc., to launch a custom-designed mobile application to enhance school communities. to leverage the Blackboard Mobile Central platform.
The changes in technology alone have given the schools national recognition, as they were the first K-12 district in the U.S. That has all changed now that Richard O’Malley started as the district’s superintendent. The district has approximately 14,500 students and 17 public schools - but in 2011, the district was not utilizing technology in the classroom. Edison Township Public Schools has been expanding its technological reach in order to live up to its name and the 21st century learning environments of schools around the country.
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