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Technology at Fair Street School ups the ante
From flat screen TVs to tablets, new school building full of interactive learning
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Fourth grade social studies students at Fair Street Elementary School still use textbooks, but on Friday all eyes were on tablets and iPods. From left, Steven Rivas, Abel Gallaga, Aden Zavala and Jean Peralta are immersed in their electronics. - photo by NAT GURLEY
The new Fair Street School building may have been built to resemble a traditional schoolhouse, but the up-to-date, almost futuristic, technology has placed it firmly as a leader for other schools in the city system. Flat-screen televisions line the hallways. Students are issued their own tablets.