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Mike White, Mary Ager, and Sharla McCoy took time from their teaching duties to demonstrate the new smartboards that have been purchased with funds collected in the Advantage . . . PBL Campaign. The demonstrations preceded a luncheon held on March 20 in the Board room at PBL Junior High School. |
Approximately 25 people observed students and their teachers demonstrate the powerful smartboards already purchased with Advantage . . . PBL funds. Katie Pilcher, a high school Ag student, used the smartboard to draw the steps involved in an electrical wiring project. Her teacher, Mike White, was able to record the steps, play them back step by step, and point out to Katie which steps were done correctly and which had errors in them. Sharla McCoy, a 3rd grade teacher at Eastlawn Upper Elementary School, showed the group how she can take her class on a field trip to virtually anywhere without leaving the classroom. Three of her students did a variety of math exercises using the interactive board to literally move objects from one place to another. Junior High Art teacher Mary Ager had prepared a 15-question quiz over basic art concepts that everyone should know (well, almost everybody!). Each person in the audience had a "clicker" to be used in recording their answer to the multiple choice questions. The second the quiz was over, Ms. Ager could tell each participant their score on the quiz, which questions they missed, and which concepts needed to be re-taught to the group.
After the demonstration, guests were treated to a wonderful luncheon prepared by Stephanie Shively of Buckley, IL.
The Advantage . . . PBL campaign began in May, 2008, with a goal of collecting $120,000 to be used for upgrading technology at the PBL Unit #10 schools. Each unit--a smartboard, a laptop computer with accompanying software, and a projector--costs approximately $3,000. At present, approximately $50,000 has been donated. Please click this link if you would like to be a donor to this campaign: Contribution Form
