There have been many changes at Hanover Central High School this year.Not only with the addition of a seventh hour and no student resource time (SRT), but with the new 1:1 initiative. To get perspective on this new change, I spoke to our new technology coach, Mrs. Melissa Walley. Her job has changed substantially from last school year to this year as she was the principal at Lincoln Elementary School, and then she switched to the technology coach at Hanover Central High School. As she explained to me, her typical day is mainly focused on working with teachers and helping them learn our new programs like Schoology and GoGuardian. With this big of a change coming to our small school, there were bound to be some difficulties. When asked what a con of this new initiative was, Walley replied, “Students without technology experience may struggle as they learn the platform. They need extra support and patience, but they will get there, and it will help them as they learn the tech skills. Teachers are learning to incorporate the devices into their courses. There is a definite learning curve.” Despite all of the problems people may have, there is always a pro, which in her words is that it is giving students more responsibility, like checking their grades, making sure their assignments are submitted on time and communicating with their teachers. This drastic of a change will be beneficial to our small school because we haven’t had this nice of technology in years, and it will benefit the staff and students in more ways than one.
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