First WVDE Visit to BEST

Vickie Mohnacky visited Beckley-Stratton Middle School today and was able to see students using the Netbooks. We've been working on a Personal Brochure based on students' reflections on their own lives. Their brochures are being created using MS Publisher which, when completed, will be printed out on a color printer. Students save their work on a server using ftp as well as in a folder on their assigned Netbook. Saving on an ftp server, which I manage, allows me to electronically evaluate and provide feedback to the students.

Up and Running

We are up and running with our netbooks. The kids are excited that they are assigned their own book when they come to Gifted. We have a few glitches. There is some inconsistancty in running some on line programs that require Java. About 25% are running fine.
This past week we downloaded some photo editing software. GIMP 2 and Kai's Super Goo. These programs have been running with little complications.