Hi All!
I'm Phavana, principal of Island Pacific Academy Middle School. We have tried different things, from allowing IPODs all the time, even in class (which really helped our ADD students to block out social distraction and focus on their task) ...
HI Melissa
answers to your questions:
With Deep freeze, we create thaw spaces on both macs and pcs (partitioned hard drives) so there is a thaw space on each school computer. This is wide open, but it is rarely abused. Kids store what they need an...
Hey all,
It's great to read about how your schools are using/dealing with cell phones and iPods.
1) Le Jardin Academy
2-3) a. Middle School: cell phones must be turned off or kept on vibrate in backpack or locker. If seen, they are confiscated for...
Mike, I should've added a resource for web filtering to your 1-to-1 posting. We allow our students to take their tablet computers home to give everyone an equal playing field. Now, I'd like to filter our upper school students less than we currently do...but that is another topic. Anyway, we use a great filtering system that filters students even off campus with their machines. You may already have something but if you are in the market, you should look at a McAfee Secure WebWasher. They started as a smaller company called Secure Computing and McAfee bought them out this year. Anyway, the web filtering products and their tech support are top of the line and very reasonably priced. Call me if you want more information. I am happy to share.
That early morning activity isn't part of the plan...it's what happens when I attend a really interesting meeting and my head won't turn off! I actually hope you won't see too many more messages for that timeframe. I am looking forward to continuing our conversation, though, even at the risk of another short night.
Hi Mike - great to see you on board! No doubt you are one of our ning experts now!
Please take a moment an answer the forum post "introduce yourself" - see you thursday!
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Affiliation
Assets School and UH ETEC PhD Student
Position
Technology/Mathematics Teacher - Team Leader for Assets SOTF Grant Team
About Me
Whew! Life is a journey and I am definitely riding the wave!
My focus recently has been this grant and how I will help to bring about organizational change in my school. I will have a lot of help, though, with my wife, Suzy Travis, just becoming principal of the school!