Technology in Magruder

OK, so yet another post, but I have been walking around with these posts mentally in my head, and it is time I wrote them down.

Technology at Magruder Elementary isn't that great right now, but all that is going to change really soon! Right now, they basically have 3 computers per room, with four extra ones in the library. There is no computer lab, and the computers that are in the room are mostly used for AR quizzes because Magruder pushes them a lot. The school does have a technology person, but she doesn't fix the computers, just instructs the students on how to use them basically. They have to call the York County help line for technology help or to get someone to come and fix the computers. They have basic things such as printers, digital cameras, 1 scanner and the internet, but that is about it.
However, "hopefully in Novemeber", they say, they will be "infused". I am told that nobody can touch the new equipment until the teachers are all trained on it and so forth. They won't be getting a computer lab, but they will be getting laptop carts that classes can check out, and I believe the library is getting a few more computers. They will be getting I believe what is considered multimedia materials, such as a projector to use the screens in their classrooms to display what is on a computer for the whole class to see (kind of what we have in technology class). I'm not sure to what extent their new technology is, but my cooperating teacher said they were getting programs such as Claymation and so forth.

Well, that is about it for the technology in Magruder report; though, I would like to say that I found a cool technological toy in Wal-mart the other day. I found this 20 questions ball that will ask you 20 questions to try and guess what you think, and surprisingly, it is really good. Ten dollars well spent!