Rhonda Weiche
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On the article Eureka Days 2012 Festival Under Way This Weekend
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On the article Dad's Best Advice: Your Father's Day Story?
Rhonda Weiche
1:36 pm on Sunday, June 17, 2012
ReplyMy dad has given me and my three brothers numerous pieces of advice through the years. Although I cannot think of one specific phrase, I can share the specific meaning. Be strong, be tough and never give up. Work hard and you will reap the benefits of your labors. Treat others right, be fair, kind and loving. Help those you can help if you have the means to do so giving from your heart without expecting something in return. He taught me morals, strength and character by the example he showed me my entire life. Happy Father's Day Dad!
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On the article Five Fun Things to Do With Your Kids This Summer
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On the Blog Post The Launch Pad: Taking in Seattle
Rhonda Weiche
12:37 pm on Sunday, June 17, 2012
ReplyLarissa,
This is incredibly exciting! Your writing is beautiful. This would make an interesting book...You inspire me to do something this amazing! I just went for about a 5 mile walk and am heading out shortly for a bike ride! Not quite the distance you will ride of course, but will be wishing you a sensational first day!
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On the article Discussion by the Ladue School Board Certainly Stirred Up Various Views
Rhonda Weiche
12:29 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
ReplyJill,
I am sure that the school would not turn down the offer for parents to fund this initiative. -
On the article Discussion by the Ladue School Board Certainly Stirred Up Various Views
Rhonda Weiche
12:22 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
The global awareness I am speaking of has nothing to do with global travel. I am talking about access to information about cultures on the other side of the continent. I am talking about research whenever a student needs it without constraint of 7:30 to 3:30 when a computer is not being used by someone else. I am not suggesting who should pay for it, I am merely reporting on what others have said about it in the school board meeting. Bottom line, you can not dispute that more technology for students at any school is a bad thing. How to pay for it? Well, that is for others to decide.
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On the article Discussion by the Ladue School Board Certainly Stirred Up Various Views
Rhonda Weiche
10:38 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
ReplyThis is a comment I received in my email from a reader/viewer. I am copying and pasting it in this comment box.
Here are B_Y_thompson's comments PART THREE:
School districts need to determine how they are going to keep up with modern technology and keep their students' education "competitive" with the rest of the world. Initial costs may seem prohibitive now, but in the long-run the lack of qualified learning materials will be far more costly to our society.
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On the article Discussion by the Ladue School Board Certainly Stirred Up Various Views
Rhonda Weiche
10:37 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
ReplyThis is a comment I received in my email from a reader/viewer. I am copying and pasting it in this comment box.
Here are B_Y_thompson's comments PART TWO:
Over the past four years I was amazed at what my child could achieve: The tablet allowed the students to retain all of their notes along with teachers' notes from every class (smart boards are used in the classrooms. Also this is the advantage of a tablet over a laptop - you write on it with a stylus). If a child was absent, they still were able to follow what had been covered in the classroom. They could also blog the teacher and their classmates, discussing the material and raising new questions. All information was saved on the server, so nothing was "lost." (Dog can no longer eat homework!) The teachers were able to follow each student's class work individually by selecting an individual's screen for viewing, thus seeing if the student was grasping the material or needed more instruction in a particular area. Classes could be held across the world, including students from another country in discussions ranging from politics and government to scientific discoveries. Material worked on in school could be taken home to be continued. Entire textbooks with updated information are loaded on the computer, keeping textbook costs down and material relevancy current. (Many scholastic publishers are switching over to e-texts.) -
On the article Discussion by the Ladue School Board Certainly Stirred Up Various Views
Rhonda Weiche
10:36 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
ReplyThis is a comment I received in my email from a reader/viewer. I am copying and pasting it in this comment box. And this, I believe, was the hope for the experience students would have that the committee shared Monday night. Whether it should be school funded or parent funded is a different matter.
Here are B_Y_thompson's comments PART ONE:
Can't get my comment to post: Just completed a 4-year lease of a "tablet/pc" through our child's school, We paid $620 annually for "leasing cost, damage insurance, software and technical maintenance" (loss and theft are not covered under this agreement, so lessee would be held responsible) Optional purchase was allowed at the end of the leasing term for the residual value of $175. As previously stated, the value of equal access to today's technology and the endless opportunities for learning experiences in a global society are enormous proponents to the argument of why we should provide our students (in any school environment) with this kind of experience and enrichment. -
On the article Discussion by the Ladue School Board Certainly Stirred Up Various Views
Rhonda Weiche
9:59 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Replymjf: The actual dollar amount spent is more than $250K. It was said that after they figure the cost and subtract the savings in not having to update existing hardware, printing costs that can now be eliminated (according to their plan) and calculator cost that according to their plan will not be purchased due to an app that the students would use on their laptop, the actual cost for hardware is lowered to the $250K.
Rhonda Weiche
10:36 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
Thank you. I hope you had fun!