Huntington e-Board Line-up Expected to Multiply
The Huntington School District is planning to fully implement an e-Board pilot program this year. To date, 37 e-Boards have been established, with most of them operated by individual teachers. This technological initiative has proved popular with many teachers, students and parents.
“We will be having eBoard user group meetings at the schools and the Teacher Center will also offer workshop training for the eBoards,” said Joann Kavanagh, the district’s technology coordinator who is spearheading the eBoard program. “On my technology eBoard I will have a tab for information and tips for eBoards.”
The number of eBoards is expected to quickly grow this year. An eBoard provides staff members with a web-based communication tool they can use to rapidly post class information, links, photos and other digital content.
“Teachers would be able to post student work as well as class trip pictures and projects. Each teacher piloting the eBoard will be trying out different ways to utilize it in his or her classroom,” Mrs. Kavanagh said.
“It’s a convenience for everyone concerned,” Superintendent John J. Finello said the use of eBoards in general. “Our district is trying to increase the means of communication and eBoards contribute to that effort.”
Items posted are initially displayed as “sticky notes,” which can be opened by clicking on the note title. Huntington’s eBoards can be accessed by logging onto the district website at www.hufsd.edu and clicking on Quick Click bar located on the homepage and selecting eBoards from the drop down menu.
Mrs. Kavanagh said that interest in the eBoard program has surged and teachers, students and parents are finding them useful. Teachers and parents have been known to spend time surfing through the current eBoard lineup to gain new ideas and to learn more about the district’s educational offerings.
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