Partnership makes use of limited tech funds. (District plus: tips and ideas for successful district leadership).Like most small school systems, Cook County School District 154 in Thorton, Ill., constantly seeks ways to overcome the financial barriers of technology. Its goal: use old equipment and have current resources become more effective and efficient, says technology coordinator Dawn Spisak, who is also a teacher in the one-school district. After attending a technology meeting on student projects at DeVry University's Tinley Park Tinley Park, village (1990 pop. 37,121), Cook and Will counties, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1892. Its population grew significantly in the late 20th cent. campus, Spisak discussed her school's technology difficulties with a professor there. "He suggested we use our school as a senior design team project. Of course, we were 100 percent for that idea," she says. Now three students have been assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. several tasks in the district: proposing suggestions for the district's current network system, reconfiguring the wiring, designing a new layout
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At what cost is this assistance? Nothing. "We are solely responsible for purchases made," Spisak says. Time is saved on research, and the students get the experience they need. "It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have a win-win win-win adj. Of or being a situation in which the outcome benefits each of two often opposing groups: a win-win proposition for the buyer and the seller. situation." |
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