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Without question, Remote Learning due to the
pandemic fast-tracked that plan. In order to provide Remote
Instruction back in April of 2020, all students were given a device,
which left no extra or spare equipment for the District. Through a
series of grant opportunities, including the Emergency Connectivity
Funds (ECF), the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief
Fund (ESSER), and the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the District has
provided all students with a new chromebook. ECF funds made it
possible for the District to purchase 800 student devices and 157
staff devices.
District staff also benefit from having a device. It has changed how
the district presents training to teachers and staff. By having a
device to use, staff are now able to: offer additional support to
students, participate in webinar training from their buildings which
saves travel time and improves the availability to attend, access
video webinars to learn new skills, and communicate more easily with
others within the building and across the district.
In the classroom, devices are used to supplement instruction in a
variety of ways: teachers can now offer students time for
independent practice of skills, students can now write
collaboratively with their peers, teachers can offer immediate
feedback to help students improve their work, student work is easily
found and tracked, and students are more adept at using technology,
which helps prepare them for a more technologically-driven world.
Throughout the past two years, the district has learned how
important it is to be able to offer face-to-face instruction to
students. When Remote Instruction is necessary, the 1:1 technology
allows the district to continue educating their students.
Google Meet allows teachers to still meet with students. Lessons can
be delivered to students at the push of a button via Seesaw, Google
Classroom and/or Google Sites. Teachers can offer students real-time
support from a distance. In addition, 1:1 enables teachers to
deliver more personalized content to students via web programs.
District #27 has purchased web program subscriptions that support
the change in instructional methods such as Screencastify, IXL,
eSpark, SocialStudiesWeekly, GoGuardian, and TeacherEase. With these
investments in equipment and software, District #27 hopes to create
students that have the necessary skills for a successful future.
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