When Walnut Elementary School teacher Bret Sutterley began teaching in 1979, it was rare to find a computer in a home, let alone a classroom. Flash forward to 2017, however, and the fifth grade instructor has learned to incorporate technology into nearly every lesson, whether it be treating students to a video chat with a scientist that is half way across the country, or using a computer to create a multimedia presentation. “There’s this saying in education that there’s a ‘digital divide’ between us pre-computer teachers and working with students who have been born into technology,” said Sutterley.
Technology is key in TUSD classrooms
