Board of Education of City of Chicago

The Department of Libraries for the Chicago public schools will improve school librarians’ understanding of mobile technologies so that mobile devices can be better supported in school and school library programs. In response to these challenges, the participating schools will produce lesson plans, student artifacts, and technology integration recommendations, which can be used to support implementation at other schools. The project is unique among other technology integration programs due to involvement of school leadership at each site, the creation of standards-based lesson plans by school librarians, and the inclusion of gamifcation features into the program design.