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Scarborough’s Morrison Center grant brings tablets to students

SCARBOROUGH – When Paul Agnew began teaching students with developmental disabilities at the Morrison Center in Scarborough three years ago, about a year before the first iPads hit the commercial market, he noticed that the first instinct of his charges when using a computer was to try and touch icons and other items on the […]

Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster

Scarborough’s Morrison Center grant brings tablets to students

SCARBOROUGH – When Paul Agnew began teaching students with developmental disabilities at the Morrison Center in Scarborough three years ago, about a year before the first iPads hit the commercial market, he noticed that the first instinct of his charges when using a computer was to try and touch icons and other items on the […]

Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster

Tablet computers open 'new world' for special-needs students in Scarborough, South Portland

SCARBOROUGH — Morrison Center teacher Paul Agnew circled the room, extending an iPad so his students could dress a snowman. Behind him, the image appeared on a screen as it went from naked white to fully clothed with a carrot nose. Sitting in front of him, students Mindy Bisson, Cassy Gannett and Tommy LaBerge focused […]

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Briefs – 12/27

South Portland get major donation South Portland took in nearly $10,000 in donations during the first two weeks of December, including the gift of 2,500 in heating oil for the needy. Through its local office on Clark Road, Global Companies LLC of Waltham, Mass., one of the nation’s largest wholesale fuel distributors and the owner […]