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  • Longfellow Elementary School
  • Houston, TX
  • More than half of 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 need to keep up with all the changes that are taking place in a increasingly tech-centric society. There is a growing wave to move to Project Based Learning in science; however, that requires giving students time to organically conduct research. Unfortunately, technology is limited at my campus. Most of it is allocated to a computer lab that only allows for 1 day a week scheduled for the entire grade level and two iPad carts that are shared with the rest of the campus. By having more technology in the classroom, my hope is that many of the project based learning lessons that I want to implement will finally be possible. Not only can these Chromebooks be used by students to conduct research and present their findings, they can also be used to practice coding. My hope is to use these laptops to help students with their academics and also inspire creativity by allowing students to practice coding in the classroom. I would love to have a once a week coding day or even start an afterschool program. Ever since I started teaching 4 years ago, I've wanted to start an afterschool coding program where students can use Scratch and Google CS. This small project would be a wonderful first step in setting that goal in motion.

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My students need to keep up with all the changes that are taking place in a increasingly tech-centric society. There is a growing wave to move to Project Based Learning in science; however, that requires giving students time to organically conduct research. Unfortunately, technology is limited at my campus. Most of it is allocated to a computer lab that only allows for 1 day a week scheduled for the entire grade level and two iPad carts that are shared with the rest of the campus. By having more technology in the classroom, my hope is that many of the project based learning lessons that I want to implement will finally be possible. Not only can these Chromebooks be used by students to conduct research and present their findings, they can also be used to practice coding. My hope is to use these laptops to help students with their academics and also inspire creativity by allowing students to practice coding in the classroom. I would love to have a once a week coding day or even start an afterschool program. Ever since I started teaching 4 years ago, I've wanted to start an afterschool coding program where students can use Scratch and Google CS. This small project would be a wonderful first step in setting that goal in motion.

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