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  • Gallegos Elementary School
  • Houston, TX
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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My students struggle with communication skills. An HP Chromebook will help them work independently by using the Speech to Text and the Text to Speech features. Two of my students do not have the dexterity to use a mouse or trackpad. So a touch screen is imperative for their learning. We use Unique Learning Systems and TeachTown multiple times a day. These programs are very important for my students' growth. The ULS program collects summative and formative data for each student and supports analysis, goal setting and progress monitoring. It has interactive lessons that help my students with their communication skills, social skills, and math skills. TeachTown program helps improve the academic, behavioral, and adaptive functioning of students with disabilities. More importantly, since I have received a Chromebook as my teacher computer, it has made my students more responsive to a computer. Their eyes light up when ULS lets them know they have the answer right and gives them the opportunity to correct it their answer is wrong. They are learning to use a keyboard more efficiently. It is difficult for me to get other things done (such as reporting my attendance and other necessary reporting) when I have students on my computer. It would be a more efficient classroom if they were working on their own computer rather than on mine.

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My students struggle with communication skills. An HP Chromebook will help them work independently by using the Speech to Text and the Text to Speech features. Two of my students do not have the dexterity to use a mouse or trackpad. So a touch screen is imperative for their learning. We use Unique Learning Systems and TeachTown multiple times a day. These programs are very important for my students' growth. The ULS program collects summative and formative data for each student and supports analysis, goal setting and progress monitoring. It has interactive lessons that help my students with their communication skills, social skills, and math skills. TeachTown program helps improve the academic, behavioral, and adaptive functioning of students with disabilities. More importantly, since I have received a Chromebook as my teacher computer, it has made my students more responsive to a computer. Their eyes light up when ULS lets them know they have the answer right and gives them the opportunity to correct it their answer is wrong. They are learning to use a keyboard more efficiently. It is difficult for me to get other things done (such as reporting my attendance and other necessary reporting) when I have students on my computer. It would be a more efficient classroom if they were working on their own computer rather than on mine.

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