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TeachIndy - Professional Development a few minutes at a time (Po. A Commitment to High Tech Education. Narrator: Gulfport, Mississippi's Harrison Central High School hasn't changed much since it was founded in 1957. It still has sports teams and cheerleaders. It still offers practical courses in subjects like cooking and horticulture. But over the past several years there's been a quiet revolution going on that has transformed Harrison's curriculum. In almost every classroom cutting edge technology tools are facilitating a new way of learning.

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