We have allowed students to use Flip cameras several times this week in our classrooms with great success. We have utilized Davie County’s Onfizz website to post helpful tutorials created by students and for students. The number of views indicates that students are using this site and technology in this manner as an invaluable resource in their learning. Algebra 2 students have also started a data analysis unit incorporating graphing calculators as well as a free open source graphing tool in which they will create a product comprised of different function families as opposed to as a written formal assessment.
We have also worked on policy and legal issues involving the purchasing and distribution of the Kindles. We uncovered several serious issues to consider before students have access to the Kindle and have researched how other systems are dealing with them. Our goal is to provide a powerful one to one learning tool while maintaining the protection of our students and the investment of our school system. We plan to contact the officials at Clearwater High School in Florida next week as part of our research and problem solving as we write Davie County Policy.
