Hemlock students using Chromebooks

Oh, how the times are changing. When most of us were in middle school, the idea of having a laptop computer was simply a flight of fancy. But now? Well, it's pretty commonplace, like at Hemlock Middle School. 

 

Excerpt: Brianna Wichman looked at her house from 450 miles in space and clicked a few buttons to zoom in on it. She then had to figure out how to copy the image and insert it, along with a map, into a presentation; such is the life of a sixth-grader at Hemlock Middle School.

 

Students in Bohn’s sixth grade class use Chromebooks as a normal part of their day.

 

“I like the Chromebooks, they’re cool,” Wichman said. “They’re fun to use. It’s a lot more fun than using paper and pencil.”

 

For the remainder of the story, read on.