{"id":42510,"date":"2020-03-26T07:51:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T11:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42510"},"modified":"2020-03-26T07:51:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T11:51:29","slug":"with-no-internet-at-home-pa-school-district-uses-am-radio-to-reach-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/with-no-internet-at-home-pa-school-district-uses-am-radio-to-reach-students\/","title":{"rendered":"With no Internet at home, PA school district uses AM radio to reach students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Check out the following story and video from WTAE Pittsburgh<\/a>:<\/p>\n

BUTLER, Pa. \u2014As the coronavirus shutdown continues, the is going back to an old technology to help kids from falling more behind than they already are.<\/p>\n

AM radio is making a comeback.<\/p>\n

“We were trying to figure out how to create some normalcy for all of our students,” said Superintendent Brian White, “and we thought what better way than grabbing onto AM radio?”<\/p>\n

White says he got the idea from a conversation with his father, also an educator, as they were setting up ways to communicate.<\/p>\n

White says several students in the geographically large district don’t have access to the internet.<\/p>\n

“When he was talking about that, I thought why aren’t we doing this for all of our students, that would be great. But let\u2019s go to radio instead,” White said.<\/p>\n

Elementary and secondary school teachers record lessons the night before and send them in. Then, 680 AM WISR in Butler broadcasts the lessons. Secondary students get their lessons at 9 a.m. and elementary students at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

“I thought the idea was great. It kind of takes you back in a way to think about the days of fireside chats,” said Hope Hull, the principal at Connoquenessing Elementary School.<\/p>\n

Hull says she thinks this exercise improves listening skills for students. She added that her teachers are excited to put these lessons together.<\/p>\n

White says there are plans in motion to get more students laptops and Wi-Fi capability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full story and watch the WTAE video.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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