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2016 EDUCATION MAGAZINE
LINCOLN DAILY
NEWS.COMMarch 1, 2016 Page 13
Mount Pulaski Grade School
offers the latest technology and incorporates a healthy and active
lifestyle into the curriculum - a win-win situation for the students
Teena Lowery
Lincoln Daily News
“The world is at your
fingertips” is a catchy phrase
that’s been around a long
time, but it certainly holds
more meaning now than ever
before. Our youth today are
introduced to a vast array
of knowledge via the latest
technology at even the earliest
of ages. There is always a
downside to everything though,
and sometimes parents are
concerned that spending too
much time on technology can
lead to a sedentary lifestyle.
At Mount Pulaski Grade School
the teachers and staff have a
plan that seems to be working
in favor of the students and it
benefits everyone involved.
That plan features the latest
in tablet computer technology
designed by Apple, Inc and
called the iPad, and a program
designed to encourage eating
healthy and staying physically
active called CATCH.
Combine the two and you have
a win-win situation for the
approximately 350 students of
Mount Pulaski Grade School.
Mount Pulaski Grade School
Principal Gene Newton is
pleased with the early success
of the program called the
Personalized Learning Initiative
or PLI that utilizes the iPad.
Newton explained, “This is the
second year in the initiative
and we’ve got iPads for every
student in the district, K-12.
Basically, the instruction is
going away from teacher-led
to student-involved and the
teacher is more of a facilitator
than to stand over as being a
leader. We are getting there.
It’s a big adjustment to get to
right away,” he added.
Students at MPGS do schoolwork on their iPads. Every student K-12 has an iPad as
part of the Personalized Learning Initiative implemented by the school district in the fall
of 2014.
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