LHS Social Studies Department Gives Tech Update To Board

LEMONT, IL — At its Feb. 20 meeting, the Lemont High School District 210 Board of Education received an update on how the Social Studies Department is benefiting from the school’s new 1:1 teaching and learning program. The school said this was the fourth in a series of presentations to the Board of Education by Lemont High School’s academic departments during the 2017-18 school year.

Social Studies Chair Rick Prangen brought along a number of students and teachers to illustrate how instruction and assessment in a variety of classes is changing thanks to the use of educational applications. The school said teachers Jodi Nye and Justin Weidler had a hand from a number of students, including Alexandra Galica, Lily Hinkle, Laura Jazunas, Kirsten Kash, Arjun Reddigari, Leti Salazar, Easton Tally and Genna Yavaraski.

A common theme of the departmental presentations to the Board of Education is discussing how the activity relates to the seven International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Students. According to the school, these standards include Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator and Global Collaborator. Each presentation typically touches on several ISTE Standards for Students.

Photo provided by Lemont High School.