The interactive nature of computers promotes decision making, develops student initiative, and leads to independent and self-motivated learning. Operated by a resource teacher the technology lab offers extensive technological capabilities from simple keyboarding to multi-media presentations, whereby students can complete an entire report without the use of paper and pencil. Instruction is provided in technology use as well as lessons devised utilizing the equipment to enhance the conceptual units being studied in the classrooms. Multiple and varied software programs developing math, language arts, graphics, word processing, and problem solving skills are utilized. Fourth grade students can create an autobiographical timeline scanning in photos of self while fifth graders design a medieval village using ClarisWorks, to be constructed three dimensionally after printing.
First graders produce a computerized presentation depicting winter animal adaptation.