Attention all Pleasant Plains Community
Members!!
Pleasant Plains has reached a new
technological benchmark!!
We are quickly becoming the best outfitted
school in the area with technology.
Over
the past several years Pleasant Plains has
always been a school that has tried to stay
on the cutting edge of technology and
technology integration. This initiative
has started with the creation and
implementation of the Main Computer Lab and
the T.V. broadcasting studio over seven
years ago. In the beginning, each classroom
was populated with 1-3 computers for
students and teachers to use.
To date, every
classroom has three computers for students
to use to increase their knowledge on
research, basic facts via
FASTMATH
(a program that
accurately measures math computation per
student and addresses changes in what has
been learned) and an interactive
Promethean Board.
This brand new technology, allows for
students to interact with words, pictures,
shapes, and any other electronic media in a
structured, motivating, and engaging
setting.
Each grade level has a
portable
Flip Camera
that allows teachers
and students to record and view key
concepts, field trips, and presentations.
The ability to record student presentations
or view pre-recorded teacher messages or
ideas are highly motivating to all students.
Currently, several classrooms are using
Avervision
Document Cameras
that allow teachers to
abandon inefficient technology (overhead
projectors) and immediately digitize books,
papers, and manipulatives so all students
and teachers can see and interact with the
materials for the lesson.
Our current
technological goal for this year is to have
every classroom to obtain a document camera
as well as a class set of “student response
systems”
ActiveVotes
by Promethean.
ActiveVotes
allow students to
interact with
ActiveInspire
(Promethean software)
which allows students to answer questions in
a presentation in a risk-free and efficient
environment. This data can be quickly
analyzed during the lesson or after,
depending on what the teacher wants.
All of the technologies that have been
purchased have been tested by other schools,
counties, states, etc. and have shown to
increase student achievement among all
students. These technologies will help
enhance the presentation of each lesson,
actively engage students in key concepts,
and motivate and prepare students for the
key concepts in the lesson. Furthermore,
through the use of technology, students are
gaining a technological background while
learning key concepts in their core
curriculum. This technological background
will carry students through the rest of
their educational career and into their
professional career.
