iPads year one

Update: great job PTHS freshman!  Only 1.25% of all iPads reported as damaged or misplaced!  That is much better than all expectations.  iPads will be updated and returned to students in the fall.  Watch the PTHS website for details.  Follow Twitter #ptinnovate for announcements about distribution.

PowerOn PT iPad Parent Orientation Meetings

PTHS iPad Parent Information Meetings

When:  Monday, September 30, 2013 during PTHS Curriculum Night

Three meeting times for your convenience:

4:00-4:45pm

5:00-5:45pm

6:00-6:45pm

Where:  PTHS Library

Who:  Freshman students enrolled in World Geography Class (this includes each first-year freshman, Class of 2017)

Details:

·       Information presentation

·       Question and answer session

·       PTHS iPad Handbook will be distributed

·       Handbook acknowledgement forms will be distributed

·       Signed handbook forms will be accepted from parents

·       $35 use fee will be accepted

Questions: Please contact PTHS Assistant Principal, Tony Tipton 903-295-5031, ttipton@ptisd.org

Lesson Launch: Technology Computer Club

Third grade teacher, Claudia Ruiz Mendoza of Pine Tree Intermediate Campus provides a Saturday Computer Club for students. A pilot project funded by the PT Education Foundation, equipped the classroom at the with the latest in technology including iPads, new computers, smart boards. The project helped to assess how technology increases productivity, engagement and retention.