Novi News (Hometown Life Papers), used photo with Senator Kowall, Deerfield Elementary at the Student Technology Showcase sponsored by AT&T in its 11-7-13 edition.

1. Novi schools tap into tech showcase at Capitol
Deerfield Elementary
and Novi Woods Elementary were among
nearly 30 schools in
Michigan that participated Oct. 23 in the 13th
annual AT&T/MACIII
Student Technology
Showcase at the sTate
Capitol Building in Lansing.
Students used computers and other electronic devices to show
elected members of the
state Senate and the
House of Representatives how technology is
being used in the classroom to facilitate learning. The projects covered a variety of learning areas, including
science, mathematics,
social studies and lan-
guage arts.
Taking part in the
demonstrations were
fourth-graders Katie
Johnson, Kyle Dowd,
Cameron Andrysiak and
Lauren Trainor and their
teachers JoAnne North
and Myla Lee. Their
one-year project focused
on Project-Based Learning and Art and Technology Integration.
Another Deerfield
team, led by Jam's Canady, media specialist, and
fourth-graders Carson
Grant, Theodore Pispidikis, Aamir Hasan, Melanie Reagan and Lauren
Wiacek. demonstrated
how iPads were used to
research "The History of
the Constitution" on
Constitution Day.
The combined Deerfield and Novi Woods
team of Heather Merte's
fourth-graders, Prabhas
Vunnam and Avni Kinra,
and Becky Byrd's thirdgraders, Alexis Zielinski,
Carter Tarkanyi and
Charlotte Stoy, showed
how blogging integrated
literacy and technology
in an authentic way.
The Showcase was
sponsored by AT&T,
Michigan Department of
Education and the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning,
an organization dedicated to bringing educators
from all levels together
to share their knowledge
and concerns regarding
educational uses of computers and technology.
Ric Wiltse, MACUL
executive director, said
that technology has
joined the "three R's" as
one of the basics of edu-
cating children. "Surveys show that students
enjoy using computers,
so they tend to get more
involved with their projects and often do much
better in school as a
result," he said.
For more information
about the event, visit the
MACUL website at
www.macul.org.
State Sen. Mike Kowall greets students from Novi's
Deerfield Elementary School at the 13th annual
AT&T/MACUL Student Technology Showcase: (from left)
Carson Grant Theo Pispidikis, Aamir Hasan, Melanie
Reagan and Lauren Wiacek.