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One-to-One Devices
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary - Chromebooks K-5
- Castlerock Early Learning - Chromebooks if needed
- Lewis and Clark Elementary- iPads Kindergarten and Chromebooks 1-5
- Mission View Elementary - Chromebooks TK-3 and iPads 4-5
- John Newbery Elementary - Chromebooks K-5, One classroom in 5th grade with iPads
- Sunnyslope Elementary - iPads Kindergarten and Chromebooks 1-5
- Washington Elementary - Chromebooks K-5
- Foothills Middle - iPads
- Orchard Middle School - iPads
- Pioneer Middle School - iPads
- Wenatchee High School - Chromebooks
- Westside High School - Chromebooks
Excellence in education requires that technology be integrated with learning throughout the educational program – not merely added on.
Increasing access to technology is essential for the future, and one of the learning tools of 21st Century students is an electronic device. The individual use of computers and tablets is a way to empower students to learn at their full potential and to prepare them for college and the workplace.
According to studies and school reports, students who use a computing device (in a one-device-per-student setting) are more organized and engaged learners, attend school more regularly, advance their knowledge and understanding of technology, and become constructors and designers of information and ideas.
Computers and tablets are next generation devices that make learning more engaging and accessible. In addition, they are an interactive, light weight and always up-to-date digital alternative to traditional textbooks.
These technologies will make many of our goals possible, including higher levels of individualization, inclusion, relevance, academic achievement, well-rounded growth and preparation.
Annual Perception Survey Data (Prior to going full 1:1 ):
Our vision for the Personal Device Initiative is to create community classrooms using classroom and personalized technology that show the potential of our long term vision for learning in Wenatchee schools.
The Director of Technology, Technology Facilitators and 1:1 Teachers will be working closely to develop plans and procedures to make learning more personal for students. This will mean a change in the way we teach and a change in the way students learn. We do not want to just add technology to the classroom and not change how things are done.
Education is a multivariant challenge. Throwing technology at the problem without redesigning the whole context just won't work. Some students and teachers will of course benefit from technology, and we'll read about them in vendor case studies. But most will continue to struggle and work around the newest complexity thrown into their environments.
As Wenatchee Public schools moves to making learning personal, choosing the right place to start and build from is critical. Over the past few years our Technology Planning Committee has worked on the school district's long term plans for technology.
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, funding through the federal CARES Act, and a commitment from our board to increase the technology budget using local levy dollars all of our schools are now 1:1.
Participating teaching staff are provided an iPad or Chromebook, an Apple TV and some other training and tools to begin to shift their thinking and teaching, thus readying them for when students also have devices.
Our Technology Facilitor is the direct support for this program with other supports in place from Learning & Teaching and our other technicians.
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