CHS purchases laptops, allows students to log into success
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The student-issued laptops have changed the ways students participate in class and study halls.
CASD has spent roughly $1,100,000 to equip nearly 1600 students at CHS with laptops/tablet convertibles for the 2014-2015 school year.
Since the beginning of the year, students have voiced their varying opinions regarding these devices. Many question if these gadgets, which cost $699 each, were a worthy investment.
Out of 113 CHS students surveyed, only 36 respondents, or 32%, believed that the school-issued laptops benefited them. Another 48 of those polled, or 42%, said that they have benefited them in at least some way. The remaining 26% thought they didn’t assist them in any way.
However, the district’s goal with purchasing them is clear. Stephanie Douglas, Director of Digital Learning and Technology of CASD, explained that they will let “every student [have] equal access to resources to communicate, [collaborate], research, and present their learning through online tools assuming the student has access to the Internet outside of school.”
Overall, students at CHS seem to be happy with this purchase.
Sophomore Sheyenne Hart said that her laptop has made her schoolwork easier to complete “because I have more access to the Internet and don’t have to wait for a computer at home.”
Freshman Tiffany Roll also had positive things to say. She stated that homework is easier to finish due to the fact that “you can have your questions opened in one tab and then do research in another tab all at once.”
Additionally, Junior Bobby Corzine likes how he has access to his “data on the school drive.”
The students did say that they use their computers in a majority of their classes.
Yet, Hart, Roll, and Bobby acknowledge disadvantages to these devices.
Hart indicated that the only problem she has with the laptops “would just be carrying them.”
Similarly, Roll clarified one of the only issues she has “is just worrying about it breaking.”
Lastly, Corzine explained he doesn’t like how “they’re not very good laptops.”
Regardless of the pros and cons, CHS is preparing its students to adapt to the evolving classroom and technology of our time.
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Annie Griggs • Jan 17, 2015 at 6:05 pm
I had my own laptop before this decision was made at CHS, but even I could say that they have benefited me. Even with my own at home this laptop has given me an easy way to complete school work on a windows computer versus a Mac, and is easy to use for any assignments. It’s convenient to have in class, and has made online resources easy to access at CHS.
Kenleigh Peet • Nov 20, 2014 at 12:31 pm
I am fairly indifferent about the school’s decision to equip each student with laptop this year. I does not bother me as it seems to some other students, staff and bystanders. The only thing about school that it has changed for me is study hall. I no longer have to walk all the way to the library in order to use a computer. I think that the laptops benefit students as a whole, but they are only assisting the obesity epidemic.
Brady Young • Nov 14, 2014 at 11:00 am
I love these laptops when they work.
When being the key word.
Erin Newcomer • Nov 12, 2014 at 8:32 am
I honestly don’t mind having the lap tops this year because my one at home was slow and horrible. In class I get to use my computer to type out the notes instead of writing them on paper and losing them. Even carrying it doesn’t bother me when I leave the big annoying case at home. I really like the touch screen part to these lap tops and I find myself getting frustrated when I use other lap tops that don’t have a touch screen. These lap tops have also helped me keep all of my assignments organized. So, even though there are some cons, I believe that these lap tops truly benefit me this school year.