<![CDATA[The Log]]> <![CDATA[The Log]]> /Portals/2/logos/__TFMF_zrv5nwjqhmq3dl45li2ajh45_546903f6-9f60-4aa9-802b-bb8138d8ff24_0___Selected.jpg en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:54:52 GMT 15 <![CDATA[The future of technology powers on at DHS]]> By JEFF BURTON

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DHS mathematics teacher Walker Dean uses the Danville Schools’ new program Airliner.

The future of technology is among us, and Danville schools find themselves fortunate to have such advances come their way. In the past few months, Danville Schools have had some amazing and most helpful tools. Danville schools now have a new web page. For the technology staff, it is easier to maintain and easier to operate. Technology resource teacher, Ann Rightmyer said, since it‘s web based, "you can get on and work from anywhere now." It now enables the staff and students to easily upload pictures onto any of the pages’ slideshows. Everyone likes it because it’s simple. Something new on the Danville website is a link called, "Netstorage." "This allows students and staff to access their G drive, or personal accounts from home without needing a thumb drive to transfer files," said Diane Goodwin, the Director of Technology. Another new tool the schools have is Infinite Campus(IC) that replaced STI. IC is a web based student information database for planning and posting attendance and grades. IC is run and mandated by the state. Teachers are no longer restricted to posting grades from the school. "It’s basically the same as STI, with its pros and cons, but it’s not anything we can’t adapt to," said Kim Hawkins, the attendance clerk at DHS. Hawkins is also in charge of helping to maintain IC and get the teachers acquainted with the new system. Rightmyer says that parents will eventually be able access IC to check up on their children. While these are only a few of the new advances, Danville schools have a new item called an Airliner. "They‘re like a portable Smart Board," says Rightmyer. DHS has ten of them so far, and they connect to the overhead projectors. Teachers with these will now be able to walk around, or sit anywhere in the room, and write on them while the image is projected on the screen. They have many of the same features as a Smart Board. Goodwin said we will see "more on-line based material," and we can use it from "anywhere at anytime." When asked about her view on technology, Rightmyer said, "[It’s] unbelievable. All these tools amaze me." ]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:29:20 GMT