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Parenting Our Tech Savvy Students

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Joe Battle from Spotlight on Vimeo.

A parent of a high school student talks about the importance of advocating for technology in our children’s schools. “If you’re not up on the technology with them,” he says, “if you’re not making sure that they know what’s going on, then you’re doing them a disservice, you’re putting them behind.”

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