TECHNOLOGY FAIL US ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER. ((DONNA)) BUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN IT'S THE ONLY
CONNECTION A STUDENT HAS TO
THE CLASSROOM. ((KEVIN)) OUR
CLAIRE KREUZ SPOKE WITH SEARCY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ABOUT HOW THEY
ARE TACKLING LEARNING THROUGH
THE SMALL SCREEN.
WHETHER IT'S IN THE
CLASSROO OR AT HOME..THIS
SCHOOL YEASTUDENTS HAVE TO
STAY CONNECTE TO GET THEIR
LESSON PLANS BROOKE
HIGGS//MEDIA SPECIALIST "I
always say in the Library that
you guys were born in a
digital world and they know
how to use it but we have to
make sure they are using it
correctly" BROOKE HIGGS IS ONE
OF SEARCY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEDIA
SPECIALISTTASKED WITH
HELPING STUDENTS, PARENTS AND
TEACHERS WHEN THAT CONNECTION
DROPS. BROOKE HIGGS//MEDIA
SPECIALIST sometimes you have
to remind them 'hey refresh
that page and they are good.
They understand" FOR THE MOST
PAR IT'S AS SIMPLE AS
THABUT OTHER TIMES THE
QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE PASSED
ON.. PATTI KITTS/
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
FACILITATOR "It has been an
adventure, it's came with some
challenges." PATTI KITTS IS
THE DISTRICT'S INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY FACILITATOR AND
SAYS IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS
THEY'VE TACKLED PROBLEMS FROM
FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS TO LESSONS
NOT LOADING PATTI KITTS/
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
FACILITATOR "that's something
we ran into even this week
somebody said hey I can't
watch this or do this and once
we had them update their
browser things ran perfectly"
KITTS SAYS KEEPING BROWSERS UP
TO DATE AND USING SPECIFIC
BROWSERS SOLVES A LOT OF
ISSUES PATTI KITTS/
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
FACILITATOR "if we're using
Google Drive, Google Classroom
make sure you're using that
chrome browser" HER BIGGEST
PEICE OF ADVICE FOR PARENT
PATTI KITTS/ INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY FACILITATOR "let
the students be the ones doing
it. Try and be a little more
hands off" SHE SAYS IF
STUDENTS CAN TROUBLESHOOT
THEMSELVES THAT WILL HELP IN
THE LONG RUN PATTI KITTS/
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
FACILITATOR "So that when or
if we have to pivot to offsite
our students are prepared and
no one is thrown for a loop
like we were last spring"
((KEVIN)) KITTS ALSO SAYS IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT IF PARENTS
CAN'T TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLAM
AT HOME THAT THEY CONTACT
THEIR TEACHER SO THEY KNOW
THERE'S AN ISSUE.
((DONNA)) SOME HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
