Riverhead Central School District technology questionnaire

These are the replies from some districts to the Newsday questionnaire regarding the use of new technologies in their classrooms.

Some of the answers are elaborate, and have not been edited or reduced. Some districts did not answer the questions directly.

Riverhead Central district reported the following:

1. Please list any major technological innovations introduced in the classroom in the past three years. Please give the name and list the use for each item. For example, Smart Table, an interactive education table with a hands-on approach for children.

· Each classroom in the district has a Smartboard. This is an interactive white board that teachers and students use for instruction.

· We have a grant for iPods for use with our ESL students in certain classes throughout the district.

· We use Senteo response system in our classrooms. Students respond to questions using a “clicker” so that the response is recorded and used by the teacher and/or student.

2. Please tell us of any major innovations you are planning to introduce within the next year. For example, iPads for fifth-graders.

None

3. Are teachers or students using cellphones in the district for instructional purposes? If so, please advise.

No