“Hundreds of children have been sent home from summer camps across Southern California in recent weeks with flu-like symptoms, and camp counselors and directors are taking precautions to prevent the spread of the H1N1, or swine flu, virus in cabins and mess halls. But officials say the sight of children arriving at sleep-away camps armed with the anti-viral medication Tamiflu is probably just a harbinger of what awaits schools in coming weeks as students move into dormitories, and elementary and secondary students begin classes.”

It is of the utmost importance that we, as educators, do our best to protect our students. To aid in this, I am advocating our school district to purchase washable keyboards for all school computers. These are cleanable keyboards that can be wiped down regularly with antibacterial solution, preventing the spread of bacteria and germs that may harm our kids. I got this idea from a friend who had recently purchased a washable keyboard from wetkeys.com. The people at wetkeys were able to further educate me on the Swine flu pandemic. 

DIRTY KEYBOARD                      CLEAN KEYBOARD