1:1 Information

The Fannin County School System was awarded a Connections for Classroom grant from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement. This grant along with SPLOST funds enabled our school system to provide a Chromebook, a small laptop computer, for each student in grades 8-12. As funds are available through SPLOST and grants, we plan to expand the 1:1 imitative to students in grades 3-12 over the course of three years.

Learning in the 21st century is all about connecting, collaborating, and creating. Students in Fannin County need to have access to technology that not only connects them with the world, but allows them to create and collaborate as they learn. Allowing students to have their own device will allow them to access resources when they need it; access won't be dictated by the classroom walls or time of the school day. Personal devices provide a high level of differentiation as they provide a platform for personalized learning. Students will have ownership of learning as the device allows to them manage and engage in ways that are not possible with standard books, paper, and pencils. Having access to a computer establishes a connection between students and curriculum materials that naturally makes accommodations for students in ways that traditional course materials cannot. Teachers will be able to help students develop higher order thinking skills through active engagement, collaboration, and emersion in real world scenarios that can only be achieved in a 1:1 environment. Fannin’s mission statement is: Developing young futures, learning for tomorrow, today. We want our students to be ready for their next step in life; whether it is college, technical school, or the workforce. It is critical that they have access to the tools of the 21st century in order to accomplish the mission of the Fannin County School System.

What is a Chromebook?

A Chromebook is a laptop device that operates on Google’s Chrome operating system. All applications run through the Internet not through the hard drive of the computer. The Chromebook is an efficient and cost effective way to get things done in and out of the classroom. Students have a Google account which allows them to use Google applications such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive (a cloud based app), Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and Google Forms. Most of the applications and documents are housed in the cloud within Google Drive. All applications and use of the Chromebooks are managed by the Fannin County School System.