Technology access, use, and learning are equitable. Our sixth grade students enter Winona Middle School from varied elementary schools. Elementary media centers range from very small, often inaccessible, and traditional to fully automated with multiple electronic resources. School wide Internet access and network connectivity are recent additions. And, they all do well, making tremendous progress throughout the year.
Immersion is a significant factor in what our students achieve.
The students begin using the media center and its resources immediately in the new school year, in most cases during the first week of school. Instruction is immediately and continuously integrated into the curriculum. In some cases it is conjunction with a language arts project, in others science, and in others social studies. Either way, the students dig right in and begin their year of growth. We limit our instruction to what is needed at the time and never use worksheets.