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Technology in School. By: Julia Powers, Jillian Falduto, Emily Brenner, Celine Vu, Keri Villano, Maky Rupert , Marc Whitman, Vijay Menon, Pragya Thaman. What is Project Citizen?.
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Technology in School By: Julia Powers, Jillian Falduto, Emily Brenner, Celine Vu, Keri Villano, Maky Rupert, Marc Whitman, Vijay Menon, Pragya Thaman
What is Project Citizen? Project Citizen encourages high school students to research and propose ideas that would help the community or education system. Our goal is to promote tablets, laptops, and Laptop-tablets in our schooling system to help strengthen a student’s learning capabilities and study methods.
Option 1: Laptop Standard Aspire Notebook • Original price: $400 • Discount: $225 • 15 inch HD Screen • Windows 8
Option 2: Tablet Google Nexus 7 • Original Price: $229 per tablet • After bulk discount and 100,000 school savings: $93 • Very lightweight and portable for students • Educational Apps available for cheap prices • ie. Mental Case, Poems by Heart, DragonBox Algebra 12+ and Paper by FiftyThree • Long lasting battery life compared to the other two options
Option 3: Laptop-Tablets Upgraded Pavilion Touchsmart • Original price: $550 per laptop/tablet • After discount and savings: $330 per laptop/tablet
Additional Costs and Expenses • $50,000 for additional bandwidth • $50,000 for additional wifi • -$200,000 for the money we would save on paper and copy machines annually • Net: +$100,000 • (courtesy of Business Administrator Rod McLaughlin)
Overall Learning Benefits Implementing a system in which students can bring their personal hands-on technology devices will not only enhance their learning styles, but also expand a student’s capabilities. Integrating our school into the technological world will prepare the student body for college, strengthen note taking techniques, and fortify organizational skills. In a world where technology is ubiquitous, it is important that students evolve to fit societal standards.