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By Jennifer Kotila Staff Writer

DASSEL, COKATO, MN The DC School District has put a lot of time and effort into studying the most effective way to create an environment that caters to the 21st century digital natives tastes for learning.

For more than a year, the district has researched hundreds of articles and attended numerous workshops to understand all the choices available to create a digital learning environment.

All that research has led to the 21st Century Digital Learning Initiative, a plan to create a 21st century learning environment throughout the district by providing technology to all students, at all times.

We have been very deliberate and responsible in studying this. We want to make sure whatever we do is in the best interest of the students, said Dassel-Cokato Media Specialist Paul Beckermann.

It is now up to the DC School Board to decide if moving forward with the 21st Century Digital Learning Initiative is affordable for the district, and whether it will satisfy the needs of its students.

We need to move in this direction at some point if not, were not being fair to students, said Superintendent Jeff Powers.

The board was presented the initiative at the Feb. 13 board meeting, and had a lengthy discussion at the Feb. 23 meeting. The board plans to further discuss the topic at its Monday, March 12 meeting.

Digital natives learn better in a digital environment

The learning environment of the 21st century is much different than that of the 20th century, and is changing at a pace faster than the textbooks of yesterday can keep up.

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