The most recent results from an ongoing independent research project conducted at the Eastern Townships School Board (ETSB) by Professor Thierry Karsenti, M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., of the Université de Montréal, and holder of the Canada Research Chair on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education, and his colleagues, demonstrate that the innovative approach taken by the ETSB for the use of technologies in the classroom, have played a pivotal role in the development of students’ competencies that in turn are central to student engagement and achievement.