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It is very interesting to see what the Baltimore County School District is doing with their technology in the classroom. It's technology that the students have to do such as blog or submit papers, etc... it's being able to watch educational shows while in the classroom. The article stated,

"'The vision is to make the curriculum more 21st-century and engaging," said Della Curtis, coordinator for Baltimore County's Office of Library Information Services (LIS)."

I think our classrooms do need to be geared more towards the 21st-century anyways. I can not emphasize enough that students get bored in your traditional classroom, so why not make the kids interested and do something they can relate to more. Video on demand is awesome because it is up-to-date information on a topic you are teaching. I know sitting in a classroom and if I were to watch a video from 20-30 years ago I would be bored and uninterested, but if I were to watch a video of something more recent I would give 100% of my attention to the video. I feel like many other school districts can learn from Baltimore and maybe we can make an impact in the school districts we will be teaching in in the near future.