[Video] Students Use Tablets To Further Their Education

A video was recently released by Rocky Hill Public Schools that showed how students were using technology to advance their educations. The video was shown by Technology Coordinator Jahala Grous at the last board of education meeting.

Students can learn about subjects such as math and science, participate more openly in class and get instant access to the Internet within seconds by using the tablets.

"They cannot wait to get into the classroom," Grous said. "It becomes their device. They are excited to have it."

The tablets also allow the teachers to use information on their desktop without having to sit behind it.

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According to the video, LCD projectors have helped better engage students and improved learning the classroom.  The video showed how the students were able to interact with the lessons just by touching the screen in the front of the room.

Overall, the technology has helped make the lessons more interactive.

"I think we are getting on the right track," Grous said at the meeting on May 17.

She said several schools in the area are looking at a one computer to one student ratio. Tablets are $200 to $300 apiece and are more cost effective than computer labs.

"That is the trend," she said. However, Grous added the administration needs to focus on improving the infrastructure and wireless access in all schools.

A goal for the Rocky Hill Public Schools would be to hand students a tablet their first day freshman year, Grous said. The students would bring them home and use it all four years.

The tablets would help reduce the cost of textbooks or even replace them, Grous said. E-textbooks would be able to download the most up to date information quicker and cheaper than buying a book. The tablet means no "more lugging books," she added.

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