Do you remember the “new” Internet Club at Bexley High School in the late 90s? Or when you first used a computer at school? Did you ever take typing or keyboarding? Did you work on the Torch staff putting together paper spreads using typewritten pages and printed photos? Did your class move together as a group to the computer lab?
The Internet Club was formed in 1997.
All of those memories highlight how technology in the Bexley Schools has changed and evolved over the years. What has remained constant, however, is the Bexley Education Foundation’s commitment to the School District to ensure that Bexley students have access to the latest technology.
Students working together on the Torch in the early 2000s.
BEF launched the “One for All” technology campaign last fall and current parents, alumni, parents of alumni and community members have responded generously. The campaign has now reached 75% of its $1 million fundraising goal.
Students working today, each with their own individualized Chromebook.
The impact of a 1:1 student device program in the Bexley Schools will only continue to increase in the months and years ahead. Teachers are using the devices to engage students in the learning process in new and exciting ways. “Right now, AP US History is making documentaries on the Gilded Age and I can’t see how that would even be possible without the mobile technology we have via the Chromebooks. Students have spent a week and a half organizing their storyboards, doing research, and gathering images for their documentaries so far, and, if everything goes to plan, I’ll have 12 documentaries on the Gilded Age by February 2,” said Dr. Scott King-Owen, BHS Social Studies Teacher.
Individualized devices allow students to learn at their own pace in the classroom.
From social studies to science, math, English and world languages, Bexley High School students are using their devices to take digital notes, access interactive websites and online course materials, conduct research, complete labs, record data and even take quizzes and tests in class and at home.