P-G: Devices welcome: Schools welcome technology

At Mt. Lebanon High School, it's BYOT -- as in, "Bring Your Own Technology."

The new initiative was launched this month by the school district to incorporate, rather than prohibit, the use of technology such as laptop computers, smartphones and iPads into the educational curriculum during the school day.

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• www.post-gazette.com/pg/11293/1183337-55-0.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

MTLSD Updates Community On Web Site

Chris Stengel is director of technology for the Mt. Lebanon School District. But when he shows enthusiasm for what the district Web site can do now and what it will do in the future, he's also speaking as a dad.

"Anyone who has missed their kid's school program because they had to work" will appreciate the site's goal of archiving videotaped plays, programs and concerts, he said.

Clicking on a videotaped mock trial that recently linked students at two separate grade schools, Mr. Stengel and Cissy Bowman, district director of communications and its Webmaster, demonstrated how technology can bring Mt. Lebanon to the world, and vice versa.

Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08038/855245-55.stm