The Academy has had laptops as of May 2007. Two new students to the Academy were interviewed to get their opinions. When asked about it in general, Rian had this to say.
“…school has never really been my thing, so the Academy is kind of like a breath of fresh air because, it’s a lot more easy going, it feels like they work with you…”
The laptops were accepted quickly and now we have a great system for school work. You may access assignments from home and everything you have is saved to your computer or online. Organization is no longer such a problem. Students can't just “lose” their assignments like they used to. Matt said this about the organization.
“…It’s all like right in front of you…very easy to use…only one thing instead of one big binder”
Class work being easier and students not doing much at the Academy is not true. Weekly projects and tests are done in classes, along with daily assignments. We use our new technology daily. Both Matt and Rian are doing class projects that require our new technology and talked about it with us.
“…a poetry project and…we’re building a website for the Academy, of course”-Matt
“Well in Civics class with Mr. Hilton we’re using photostory, so that requires laptops”-Rian
We are looking forward to interviews with more students. Check back for more information about technology and laptops, being posted right as they are found out. Keep up to date, and you will be well-informed weekly.
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