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• May 4, 2010 The New School

  -Sepp Jannotta, Ravalli Republic Kathleen Dent wants to see Hamilton students make the most of the new Web-based tools that are transforming the American classroom. Where schools were run on a model that has one teacher, chalk or dry erase pen in hand, standing in front of 20 to 30 students, technology now allows that […]

• November 27, 2009 Computer In The Sky

  -Matt Baldwin, Whitefish Pilot “Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL?” While seventh-grade students may not know of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 science fiction film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Whitefish Middle School has taken a page right out of the script. The school is utilizing “artificial intelligence” through a program called “My Access’ to help students […]

• November 27, 2009 Program Gives Instant Feedback To Writers

  -Kristi Albertson, Daily Inter Lake Fear not: Robots have not taken over Whitefish Middle School’s English classes. But for the first time this fall, teachers are using artificial intelligence to help convey crucial writing concepts. A Web-based program, My Access, helps students improve their writing skills by giving them instant feedback on everything from spelling […]