Answer: Students live in a world with anytime, anywhere access to information at their fingertips. Technology has provided our students with a social, collaborative world. It has changed the way teaching and learning can occur for this generation of students and for generations to come. Constant change requires independent learning that embraces Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity, and Communication and the district wide Graduation Competencies.
Chromebooks provide students and staff access to digital instructional resources using technology that many students already have, supporting a learning anytime, anywhere model without schedule or access restrictions. As it is not device or operating system dependent, it allows students to participate in a safe, secure digital environment, maximizing their own technology that is often personalized to their own specifications. As we live in a world with ready access to technology, this supports the school and classroom experience replicating what occurs in higher education and in the workplace. Maximizing technology allows for the development of more personalized instruction, blended environments and limitless instructional resources.
