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STUDENT TAKE: Do you think techonology in schools is important?
"Technology in schools is important because it has the ability to enhance the understanding of material in different ways," Elizabeth Pudmann, 11
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“Technology offers a new way to learn, create and explore useful knowledge in today's society,” Bailey Scarbrough, 9
“I believe that technology in school is so important because it allows for individual learning and some students learn better alone.” David Lopez, 11
"Technology in schools is important because it has the ability to enhance the understanding of material in different ways.” Grace Harding, 11
“Yes because its a part of our everyday lives and people need to be accustomed to it.” Brandon Bridgeman, 11
“Yes, it's a part of the real world so I think using it in schools will prepare us for our future.” Chloe Ellison, 9
Incorporating technology into schools is important for students and would’ve helped a lot during online school NORTH STAR TAKE: TURNING TECHNO
FHSD has shown up on the ballot numerous times in the past decade proposing to increase the district’s funding. Unfortunately, many of these propositions have failed, resulting in the district’s budget to be barely enough to provide the 19 schools with adequate technology for the classrooms. The district is looking to increase the budget for multiple reasons including renovations, better pay and increasing the technology used in schools. This is important for students within the district as it would help them learn in a modern environment and also would make students way more prepared for sudden events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. On Behalf of the Editorial Staff @fhntoday.com | @FHNtoday
As the remainder of the 2019-20 school year was called off due to the pandemic, resulting in closing all schools in the district and leaving students to continue their education online and at home. This uncommon learning environment where students and teachers were both using programs they weren’t familiar with created plenty of confusion and limited their education. Meanwhile, other schools in the state that were prepared by heavily incorporating technology into schools beforehand were able to transition into online schooling much smoother. Their use of technology was able to connect the school and create a valuable learning experience, despite the circumstances. This same use of tech in FHSD schools would’ve been beneficial for unexpected events, from a snow day
to a global pandemic.
Most modern day jobs heavily include tech use and as time progresses more advancements are being added into the workforce. In order to prepare students for working in the modern environment, it’s important technology is also included in education.
FHSD has started to begin integrating online by starting training for the software Canvas, a learning management system being paid for by the district. While this is a good step towards integrating technology into schools, there’s still the issue of students not having the technology or wifi services at home in order to properly accommodate all students. FHSD had sent out a multitude of tech during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to help all students be able to finish the year online, but with further tech integration this could’ve already been provided, giving each student an equal chance. Providing devices and services for an entire school, much less an entire district, is very costly but is worth putting funds into.
The latest action FHSD has been taking in order to try and increase the budget is by putting PAGE BY SYDNEY ELLISON
(Illustration by Nico Boenitz)
Prop S onto the ballot. Prop S proposes a no tax increase bond to get funding for the school district but the money from the bonds will go mainly towards renovations and building costs of schools. This prop will be voted on June 2nd by local residents and those who can vote should vote to allow it as it would improve the educational circumstances of students in the area. While Prop S doesn’t directly increase the budget towards technology integration, it allows the district to take care of renovations with less of the district’s original budget, allowing them to make more advancements in the future without building procedures preventing them from doing so due to cost.
Overall, incorporating technology into schools is important but difficult due to budget issues. Residents within the FHSD boundaries should help allow the schools to incorporate more technology by voting on Prop S to allow the district to use bond money towards improving the buildings and allowing the base budget of the district to be focused on other matters such as tech integrations.
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