Despite being the high tech capital of the world, for years California has lagged behind when it comes to making sure students keep abreast of the latest in digital technology. Since January, however, Sacramento city schools have made great leaps in getting kids on-line and making sure they're computer literate. One of the big beneficiaries of the new focus on high tech is Sacramento High School. Thanks to Pacific Bell, money from the state, a special digital high school grant, Sacramento High has been able to invest more than a million dollars in computer upgrades. Now, students use computers for a wide variety of tasks ranging from mundane homework assignments to online chats with authors and government figures.
Students are enthusiastic about the new computers.
But in this class we all got to work on it and interface with each other and get feed back from each other. Sacramento High now has one computer for every five students, and every teacher has a personal computer.