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The Davie County Enterprise Record
By Mike Gunning

As U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx left a newly-constructed classroom at William R. Davie Elementary School last week, she turned to her traveling companion, Congressman John Boehner (R-Ohio), and said “I feel like I just stepped into the future.”

What Foxx was referring to was the newest “21st century classroom” in the Davie school system.

Foxx, a former educator, had just watched public information officer Sara Rhyne give a demonstration of the technology that has been integrated in many classrooms.

School superintendent W.G. “Dub” Potts introduced the new computer technology for teachers which has been made available courtesy of funds from the successful completion of the Mebane Challenge.

In all, 60 classrooms across the school system are being fitted with an interactive white-board that connects to a wireless hand held tablet, Potts said.

Some classrooms at North Davie Middle and Pinebrook Elementary had Smart Boards installed last year, giving a handful of the 6,400 students in the system a taste of what the future of education holds for Davie County.

The technology allows the teacher to upload lessons with the touch of a pen to her tablet, and instantly, graphics, text or mathematical equations appear on the board in front of the students.

Teacher’s can also access web based content, promoting an interactive, on-line environment for the class as well.

Students can take quizzes using hand held keypads called eggs that are hooked into the system. The results of the quiz can be posted instantly on the board.

“Imagine the advantage that instant feedback gives the teacher,” Rhyne said. “Now, the instructor knows immediately if the class got it. No more going home, grading papers, only to find out two days after the lesson material that little Johnny really didn’t get the subject material at all. Now they have to go back and review a ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

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