December 17, 2008
Field Trip
Before we went on a field trip to the “Steinmühle”, it interested me most:
- how well-equipped the rooms are:
There is a computer lab which contains 24 almost brand-new laptops which were sponsored by a company from Marburg-Biedenkopf. So, the laptops didn´t cost the school anything, but have to be strictly, thoroughly and nicely used by students (see the “rules-picture” on Anna Maria Gallus´ site). In case, the lab is already used by another class, the teacher can bring laptops via a computer wagon (there are two) to his class. These wagons contain 20 pcs each; doing the math, the school has a total of 64 pcs for their students. I wondered, if 20 to 24 pcs were enough, so that each student could have one on his/her own, but there are mainly not more students than laptopts (f. e. 20 students in grade 7). This is quite good for the students AND for the teacher 
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- how the new media is used in the different classes:
Computer science is obligatory in classes 6,7, and 9 and can be chosen as a subject from grade 6 on. In the computer lab, students´ work is under surveillance via a head pc used by the teacher. In grade 9, they have computer science twice a week and they start a “fächerübergreifenden Unterricht” next year about Australia. Talking about the specific subjects, students use an E-workbook in English, and IT knowledge is obligatory in biology, chemistry, physics and mathmatics fixed by the curriculum.
