SHUSD Chromebook Pilot Report 111213

St. Helena Elementary School
I think students should have a little more guidance on how to use them. Sometimes I don’t remember
how to use things and sometimes it messes up my work. But otherwise I think there isn’t anything I
would change.
I think we should have wireless mouses, it is very hard to use the mouse pad. Other than the mouse,
Chromebooks are very easy to use and it makes my learning a lot easier because we don’t have every
book in the world.
I don’t think it could get any easier than it already is. But, maybe we could have some more learning
games.
Other Devices
The Chemistry teacher at the high school started using a class set of Surface RTs at the same time the
Chromebooks were rolled out for the pilot. Students used the tablets to access their textbooks and
compose their projects. Students were surveyed about the Surface RT’s usefulness and potential value as
a 1:1 device. The results of the survey are as follows:
62% of Chemistry
students thought
that having a
Chemistry Students' Surface R/T
Surface RT
Evaluation
benefitted their
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learning of
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Chemistry “a great 35
deal” or “quite a bit”
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65% of Chemistry
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students thought 25
21
that having a
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Surface RT allowed
them to connect to 15
more Chemistry
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resources and
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content.
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60% of Chemistry
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students thought
that having a
Surface RT would
“far exceed their
expectations” or
“exceed their expectations” as a 1:1 device; an additional 30% thought it would “meet their
How did having a Surface
benefit your learning in
Chemistry?
How did having a Surface
allow you to connect to
more Chemistry resources
and content?
How much did having a
Surface change your
learning experience?
expectations.”
80% of Chemistry students thought that Surface RTs were “very easy to use” or “easy to use.”