From left, Jonathan Lo, Palow Lemke, Justin Ferguson and Ahmed Mayhoub work on group projects in one of the computer labs at Floyd Middle School for Mathematics, Science and Technology. In its May edition, FamilyPC magazine ranks the LeBron Road school among the nation's top 100 wired schools for its work in integrating technology into curriculum and improving student achieveme nt.
Parents stay on top of classroom assignments just by the click of a computer mouse.
And students are rarely bored as they tackle cross-curriculum projects through varied technology. For instance, four students were in one of the school's three labs working on a project about tornadoes. Floyd students, according to technology coordinator Shawndra Johnson, have log-on names and passwords where they can save and transfer their work throughout the school, if necessary. Other members on his team researched elements of the strong wind such as cumulonimbus clouds on the Internet and developed interactive, PowerPoint presentations to accompany the lesson plan. Compared to a decade ago, teachers are well-versed in applying technology to their lessons.