3. “In an effort to support our teachers in the Humanities in their quest to be
both transparent in their practices as well as to help them continue their
learning on their own time, we would like to provide them with laptop
computers.
Much of the administrative tasks that teachers have traditionally been asked to
do have become mechanized: attendance, grading, lesson planning, and lesson
design—all require teachers to have access to a computer to complete. By
providing them with mobile computers, they are free to do that work either here
in school, or anywhere they can find space. As it stands now, teachers have
access, for the most part, to one computer in their classroom, and in the media
center.
Students come to us having been immersed in a home environment that is rich
with media and technology; it surrounds them. Equipping our teachers with
the ability to experiment, play, and design lessons on their own time, using
tools that we can provide for them demonstrates the Verona Public Schools’
commitment to helping them grow and learn so that they can, in turn, provide
the very same for the children of Verona High School.”
