What's an eBus really?

This is the eBus. It's a bus with computers, software and kids on board. It's driven to the school each day by a wonderful bus driver, Mitchel. He prepares the bus, links us up to the dish, and keeps us honest. He's great with the kids, too!

This is a shot of the bus from the inside, with the teacher popping her head in to say hi! Students are busy working on Waterford Early Reading and one little guy was waiting his turn reading a book from Penguin.







The teachers didn't have computers at home, and with the cable and the telephone lines still down, it was pretty exciting for them to use the internet. When we had a free desktop, they hopped on! Family and friends had sent e-mails and the school was on the MSNBC website, so they were eager to get surfing!



This teacher was going through some photos that had been downloaded by someone prior to me...they were of the school, and the destruction that Katrina inflicted on the classrooms. These students were THRILLED to see what had happened, and shouted out names and places when they recognized the classroom. "That's Ms. X's room!" "That's the Nurse's Door!!!" It was thrilling for them because they weren't allowed back into the school, it was all fenced up (and mostly cleaned up) by the time we got there.

This is me. Reading to them. It was so fun!