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Chestnut Mountain school puts students tech skills to use
Kids explain lessons through online journals
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First-grader Tanner Conn prepares his blog about a historical figure during class.
Children today are more technologically savvy than ever and at least one school in Hall County is taking full advantage of that fact. “Our focus is on inquiry-based instruction — create and creativity and 21st-century learning skills,” Chestnut Mountain Creative School of Inquiry principal Sabrina May said. “What is different about the model we use is we have students doing a lot of research and they’re using Web 2.0 tools, which are interactive websites, to create presentations on what they’ve learned in class.”