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Tablet Roll Out Replay - Where is the Excitement?

Tablet roll out is right around the corner.  So where is all the excitement?? This time around things are different and I can't quite put into words the sense of cautious anticipation we are all feeling. When the tablets left us last year, I will have to say, there was a great sense of relief from students and teachers; relieved to be released of the pressure to use something that was often unreliable and for an initiative that was misunderstood.  We went on "doing school" as we always had and the year ended just like every other year. But, through the rest of last school year, as I sat on the PACE teacher advisory committee, I had the privilege to see the careful planning and preparation month after month; the many hours spent turning this bus around; the collaboration with Amplify and how they listened to the teachers and modified their programming to incorporate teacher feedback and improve classroom functionality; the ingenuity of our PACE leaders in creating a