Enhancing STEAM
Learning with the
Logitech M650 Mouse
SPONSORED
Scrolling, zooming, panning - it's really hard to do that naturally with a trackpad &the mouse gave students greater control and improved navigation efficiency, especially in 3D modeling and programming work.
- JASON WHALLEY, STEAM TEACHER
Overview
Horner Middle School is one of five middle schools in the Fremont
Unified School District (Calif.) with approximately 1,800 students in 6th - 8th grades. Equipped with modern science labs, a new technology lab and a state-of-the-art library, Horner Middle School is dedicated to providing students with the knowledge, tools and skills to be successful lifelong learners.
Horner STEAM educator, Jason Whalley, piloted the Logitech
M650 mouse in his classes serving students in hands-on courses such as computer applications, digital design, CAD, and Python programming. The goal: improve student precision, accessibility,
and productivity over previously issued side-facing ergonomic mice.
SCHOOL fremontunified.org/horner
INDUSTRY
Education
LOCATION Fremont, Calif.
SOLUTIONS Signature M650 Mouse
Challenge
Most students at Horner
Middle School rely on
Chromebooks with builtin trackpads. Only a few classrooms, including
Jason Whalley's, integrate external peripherals like mice. Going from the trackpad on a
Chromebook to a mouse is absolutely going to be an upgrade and productivity improvement for most students, said Whalley.
Their previously issued mice posed some usability issues for students.
Key challenges included:
