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Schools upgrade technology
Tallahasee Democrat - July 10, 2006
CRAWFORDVILLE – This year’s school improvement survey results suggest that the community supports technology in the classroom.
“This is a good sign,” Superintendent David Miller said. “The public increasingly understands that students need to be able to use technology during regular classroom activities. This fact is also evident in the commitment from parent groups who dedicate funds for technology purchases from school carnivals and fundraisers.”
The district has spent $1.2 million to upgrade technology in Wakulla schools over the past two years, said Alan Rosier, the coordinator of technology services for the district. The money was used to buy desktop and laptop computers and multimedia equipment, as well as to upgrade existing systems.
These upgrades are supposed to help teachers teach and students learn.
The district recently purchased and implemented GradeQuick, an automated grading system; Edline, a parent portal; READ 180, a remedial reading program for middle and high-school students; and SuccessMaker, an elementary reading and math program.
“The lower achievers with the FCAT got priority with these programs,” Rosier said: “The priority should be with students who needed the remediation.”
School officials hope Edline, a Web-based program, becomes popular among parents. Student assignments, projects, attendance, scheduled field trips and parent meetings can all be viewed online using this program. Last school year, access codes were sent home so parents could use the program from any computer.
So far, 600 parents have activated an account, Rosier said. The district hopes that at least 50 percent of the parents of the 5,000 students in the district will use this resource.
“The more the teachers communicate with the parents, the more successful the child will be,” Rosier said. “We felt like we’d have more parent support if they are aware of what we are doing.”
To learn more about advances in technology, as well as current issues relative to Wakulla County Schools, log on to www.firn.edu/schools/wakulla/wakulla.