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Living in a low socioeconomic area, many students are unfamiliar with newer technology resources including Google classroom, slides, documents, tour-builder, and sheets. Students need to know how to use these resources to be able to compete in the real world. Through the use of Chromebooks, students will have direct access to these applications in the classroom on a daily basis. Due to low funding, my students have to rotate a laptop cart in order to use technology to even type an essay. Students could go weeks without access to the cart. Having these Chromebooks would allow my students to work with technology more consistently and have a better chance to learn how to use newer tools. In the classroom, we use technology in a variety of ways. Students constantly use authentic research to solve problems in math and science. Students also work together in collaborative groups to compare research and gather data. Also, real world problems are introduced to students through project-based learning, and often times students need technology to efficiently compile data and present their findings. Students use various online tools and google apps on a daily basis. One example of how students would use the Chromebooks in my classroom is through exploratory research. Every year, the entire sixth grade goes on a three day primitive camping trip to Providence Canyon to explore the effects of weathering and erosion. Before the trip, students spend countless hours researching and compiling evidence on weathering and erosion. Student propose ideas and solutions to problems using various apps including google slides and tour builder. After their trip, students use their own authentic documentation to create electronic photo journals to display their learning. The entire process is very time consuming, so it makes it hard to complete when there is limited access to technology.

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Living in a low socioeconomic area, many students are unfamiliar with newer technology resources including Google classroom, slides, documents, tour-builder, and sheets. Students need to know how to use these resources to be able to compete in the real world. Through the use of Chromebooks, students will have direct access to these applications in the classroom on a daily basis. Due to low funding, my students have to rotate a laptop cart in order to use technology to even type an essay. Students could go weeks without access to the cart. Having these Chromebooks would allow my students to work with technology more consistently and have a better chance to learn how to use newer tools. In the classroom, we use technology in a variety of ways. Students constantly use authentic research to solve problems in math and science. Students also work together in collaborative groups to compare research and gather data. Also, real world problems are introduced to students through project-based learning, and often times students need technology to efficiently compile data and present their findings. Students use various online tools and google apps on a daily basis. One example of how students would use the Chromebooks in my classroom is through exploratory research. Every year, the entire sixth grade goes on a three day primitive camping trip to Providence Canyon to explore the effects of weathering and erosion. Before the trip, students spend countless hours researching and compiling evidence on weathering and erosion. Student propose ideas and solutions to problems using various apps including google slides and tour builder. After their trip, students use their own authentic documentation to create electronic photo journals to display their learning. The entire process is very time consuming, so it makes it hard to complete when there is limited access to technology.

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