Angela Larson

Larson is a seventh-grade science teacher at Bernard C. Campbell Middle School who plans to use a portable media player and personal digital assistant as a way to reach her students in the classroom. "iLearn" is the winning program developed by Larson that incorporates prepared science lessons with the technology that today's students are accustomed to usinf. The software company that developed the media players offers several applications that could advance students' learning abilities. The portable media players and personal digital assistants will be used as multi-functional tools for students to conduct research, complete interactive virtual labs, blog, and connect with other students. In fact, students will be able to measure, calculate, and create graphs in the palms of their hands. Larson, who lives in Lee's Summit, believes that connecting with students through ways that they already connect with each other will increase their retention of knowledge.