Students from A Period Math share their thoughts on the new ChromeBook cart provided through a grant from GDEF:
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from Cole C.
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4/28/15
Dear GDEF,
The chromebooks in our classes have made life much easier and has helped me learn and understand new concepts that I couldn’t have experienced without them. They have let us a class use online interactive sites that we couldn’t have used without chromebooks and the internet. Also, they are fun to use. The chromebooks have also helped with studying for tests and quizzes. In math we have been able to be constantly on the study guide and be able to check answers for worksheets we have been using. I thank you very much for this donation and will be grateful for this opportunity.
Sincerely,
Ethan M.
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Thank you GDEF for donating money so that our school can buy more chromebooks. These chromebooks will allow each class to have more time on the chromebooks. That means different things in each class but, that will help us all to work towards a better education.
In math we can watch videos and use documents to help us further understand the unit we are learning about. In ELA it means that we can work on projects together and use resource on the chromebooks to help improve are writing on our projects. In Geography the chromebooks have helped to learn more about different cultures around the word so, that we can known about the world and how other places live. In Science we were able to use the chromebooks to learn more about programing, we also used the chromebooks to study topices to present to the class.
We would not have been able to keep improving our education if we did not get this donation from you. The money that you have donated has helped use to grow our education to give everyone a better education.
Thank you
Emily H
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Riley E
April 28th, 2015
Dear GDEF,
I’m so thankful for our new chromebooks. They are very easy to use and They don’t break down or glitch when you try to type. On the old chromebooks sometimes it would not load letters on the page i was trying to type and it would slow me down. Now i’m typing with no issues. These chromebooks don’t take a long time to load either. My favorite part is the mouse pad. I dont have any trouble clicking it. I’m excited to use my chromebook the rest of this year. With a class set there is so much more i can do in math. Instead of walking up to the board all the time to check a key  i can quickly pull it up on the computer when ever I want to. I love to use google forms as well. With a class set of these chromebooks I can do more google forms. They also look very cool.
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28 April 2015
Dear GDEF,
Thank you so much for the chromebooks! They are great addition to our class! It gives us more time to focus on what we need during math, we can do online math worksheets that Ms. Durling posts on google classroom and also watch videos she puts up. Since we have the chromebooks there isn’t a hassle trying to get them on certain days so we can do online activities, now we have them in our class so when we need them they are there. I think having chromebooks in class is not only super cool, but also helps us accomplish as much as much as possible during class. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Brianna K
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Dear GDEF,
Thank you for this generous gift of the ChromeBooks. I know in my math class, Google Classroom is used often, for new assignments and such, and now we will be able to use them everyday. Everything will be on the laptop, so hopefully my backpack will be lighter :). Also, in math as well, we will be able to access cool new animations for the things we are learning, and that will help us learn. So, thank you again.
Sincerly,
Kirsten
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Thank you, GDEF, for this amazing gift that you have given us. I like how they’re bigger and much more smoother, which makes them seem easier to use. The keys are much more sleeker and the keypad is now easier to use. I am very excited for the future with chromebooks. I think computers will help further our learning in education even more than before and I feel everything is much easier online and much more simple. One thing I think would be a very good idea would be to use chromebooks for testing or quizzes. I’m not saying every time we have a test or quiz that we use the computers, but it would be a nice change if some tests or quizzes were done on the chromebooks. I am very thankful that you were able to give us the opportunity to even use these chromebooks and I know many others are as well.
Rory A.
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Dear GDEF,
These new chromebooks are awesome! In my opinion they are a lot cooler than the old ones. Anyways I just wanted to tell you how thankful and lucky we are for you to fund us these chromebooks just for our grade.
Taylor B
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29 April 2015
Dear GDEF,
Thank you so much for the ChromeBooks!!! Now we will be able to use them everyday. We can use KhanAcademy, online lessons, google forms, and google docs Ms. Durling makes us at any time possible. We can also check answer keys as we go instead of waiting in a line, only to have to go right back up and wait again. Even this thank you will be posted on a digital Portfolio, that we now have access to! These ChromeBooks are so helpful and will definitely improve the way we learn.
Thanks so much!!
Lauren H.
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by Ethan H and Simon C