Additionally, it is necessary to train all staff members and classroom volunteers in the use of Microsoft PowerPoint. These training sessions consist of 1.5 days of total training and occur during the months of November and December 2000, and January 2001. Membership in the Technology Committee consists of 8 classroom teachers, two parent representatives and four educational specialists. Our student improvement goal is to increase student performance in scientific inquiry. The intervention chosen to meet this goal is Discovery Learning .
Discovery learning promotes the use of discovery or inquiry-based methods in teaching and learning.
Through the regular use of Discovery Learning, students improve their science inquiry skills. Through this inquiry based intervention students learn to think, solve problems, and discover things for themselves, thus, improving student performance. Modifications are made for student ability levels. The technology intervention requires students to use computers and the Internet as research tools. Kinser Elementary School recognizes that curriculum integration in the use of technology involves the infusion of technology as a tool used to enhance learning in content areas.