I will be traveling to North Carolina this week to learn more about the Tupelo Public School District's new computer initiative.

I'll be going to Duke University where they have models of modern classrooms that allow for more interaction between students, and I'll travel to Mooresville, N.C., a school district that has already implemented a one-to-one computer program. In fact, in Mooresville, all students in grades four to 12 have laptops. There I'll be able to see how they're using the computers, what difficulties they've faced and what advantages they've seen. I'll be posting updates and photos here in this blog and I'll be filing updates for the Daily Journal.

Stay tuned. I also paln to post updates on Twitter: @ChrisKieffer.

If you have any questions, please send them and I'll do my best to answer.

Hi. I'm Chris Kieffer, the new education reporter at the Daily Journal and this is my blog. Welcome.

This space will be a conversation about education matters both local and national. It'll be a place to discuss what is happening in your school district and interesting trends that are taking place in the country. Please share ideas, stories you've read (or heard) and issues from your district. And please bring your questions and I will do my best to answer them.

This blog will also be a place to spotlight the talented students we have in Northeast Mississippi and I'll bring attention to their accomplishments and projects.

Let me know what you think and what you'd like to see. Hope you enjoy.

Chris

ps. I plan to also use Twitter to add to the blog. For now, you can follow me @ChrisKieffer.