Rye Lake s Program for Students with Multiple Disabilities provides classroom consultation by Physical and Occupational Therapists. Digital photography has helped with staff training activities, allowed the professionals to review the positioning of students in classroom equipment and made it easier to track student progress over time. Students, who are given much flexibility in planning how to use the technology, are evaluated by creative methods including online self-testing, presentations, and portfolios. The Visionlearning project is based on a Web-education research project that has had a significant impact on improving student interest and performance in the sciences. The school Web site is used extensively as a tool for community relations, and a community education program involving technology training classes for seniors has been implemented.
All projects involve collaboration between the teacher, assistant teacher and computer specialist.
Computer-generated presentations and publications give students a chance to utilize technology to enhance language skills. At St Peter s School, REAL Networks software is used to record student projects and create multidimensional, multimedia portfolios that include written works, electronic drawings, scanned images, PowerPoint presentations, and digital pictures and videos. Students often assist their teachers in creating multimedia classroom experiences. Integrated academic content, multimedia projects, community partnerships, effective grant-writing and cooperative learning are all central to the program. Come learn about the successes and outgrowths of several of the district s initiatives.