All of Southeast's K-5 students use technology on a weekly basis. Every student takes a weekly computer technology class in the Macintosh computer lab. Lessons are structured so students have an opportunity to develop their keyboarding, word processing, database, spreadsheet, drawing, painting, and desktop publishing skills. Moreover, daily announcements are delivered by groups of students via video over our networked visual system.
Individual classes use technology in many other different ways.
Student art is scanned to make colored transparencies that accompany a student vocal presentation. Digital pictures are taken of field trips, students working, and of student products and activities. Fourth graders will be doing extensive research and computer simulations for Social Studies this year. After the year long study of Michigan, the regions of the United States, economics, geography, and civics fourth grades teams will develop culminating, multimedia presentations to share with other fourth grades in our district. Additionally, many upper elementary students will learn some of their mathematics using computer programs that allow them to predict multiple outcomes, manipulate their data, graph data, and present solutions in varying formats.