With help from a Redding bank, fifth-graders in Ruth Copeland's classroom at Anderson Middle School may have a chance to learn some of their Common Core Standards lessons and take computerized tests on tablet computers.
'My first opportunity to receive funds from Redding Bank of Commerce came in the 2011-12 school year through Linda Miles, who at that time was executive vice-president and chief operations officer for the bank, as I had her grandson in my classroom,' Copeland wrote in an email received by the Anderson Valley Post.
Since then, Redding Bank of Commerce has continued to be supportive in Copeland's desire to increase use of technology in the classroom after the State of California adopted Common Core Standards with the expectation all state testing will be taken on the computer by all students, the teacher explained.
In addition to testing, students with the hand-held devices will also be able to access their textbooks online, practice for state testing, learn keyboarding skills and master math facts, to name just a few additional uses for the tablets and skills learned, Copeland said.
In 2013, bank Vice President Robert Turner agreed to fund the tablet project for Copeland's classroom as long as the Cascade Union Elementary School District matched the bank's grant funding, she added.
'The $2,000 grant from Redding Bank of Commerce was indeed matched by the school district, so the tablet project is officially under way!' Copeland announced last week.
The Cascade Union Elementary School District's technology department, along with assistance from Redding Bank of Commerce, will help make Copeland's classroom a pilot project that will allow Redding Bank of Commerce to help other classrooms in the area with similar technological needs, Copeland stated.
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