Chromebooks meet AVID

We are piloting a cart of 30 Chromebooks in a few English classes this year.  Students are thoroughly engaged with online content while working rigorously on standards.   Here Ms. Cleek's class watches an interview with Maya Angelou, author of the poem "I know why the caged bird sings".  They have been studying this poem and are learning more about the author as they delve into the Biography genre.  Notetaking is done AVID style:  using Cornell Notes and the Cornell Way:  a deep system of notetaking that allows students to link learning, review and revise notes and develop them into a more polished writing product.