Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, UTAH- December 19,
2012. The Middle School and High School
both would like to move toward having a computer for every student called
one-to-one technology. Currently the
High School will be at that point with the purchase of the 30 computers that
have already been approved for the coming year.
The Middle School, however, is not that close.
The current trend is to load
all textbooks onto the computers as well as necessary classroom and drill
software. This is the direction things
are going. There are actually two
different operating systems, the Apple and the Windows environment. Currently, the school has the Microsoft
Windows software because it is set up to control and work with groups of
students. This would be a suggested way
at the present time. The school would
not have to buy nearly as much software because management of the students and
classes is already in place. The devices
that work with the windows environment are called net books.
Casey Johnson, the technical
person for the District, had both an Ipad and a net book to show to the
Board. He noted that the textbooks will
have to be bought and downloaded but that there would not be additional
software purchased. With the Ipad, there
would need to be approximately $500 for software for each of the machines
purchased.
Canvas is currently the
software used by most post secondary schools and would be ideal for the submission
of assignments and things from the students.
Not only is it efficient, but would make going away to school much
easier for the students.
It was noted that several
districts have gone to one student, one computer. Each student is assigned a machine which is
theirs throughout their schooling. This
means that as they take care of the equipment, it continues to work well and do
a good job for them. If they are
careless or damage the machine, they are required to make restitution if it is
their fault. Seniors will be given the
oldest machines since they only have one year left. The new machines will be given to freshmen to
use for the next four years. There are
still lots of questions to answer and problems to work out.
The Board asked Johnson to
continue to investigate and refine what is needed in order to move forward with
technology in the Rich County Schools.
1 comment:
The technology I'd really like to see is the ability to use a debit/credit card or the web site to pay for fees, lunches, sports trips, sports uniforms and other team clothing, etc. Checks and cash are not convenient.
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