The lab is used primarily with the first grade classes. At times the entire classes are in the lab, at other times the students arrive in small groups. The Waterford Early Reading program has been expanded to include the First Grade version. First grade students are scheduled throughout the day on ten other computers and two laser printers in the computer lab dedicated to the Waterford program. First Grade classrooms each have three computers, one of which is networked on the wide area network.
Some instructional programs are network versions.
The two computer labs at Thomas Jefferson each have 25 computers, with a presentation device for displaying the monitor of one or more of the computers. Three digital cameras are available for checkout. One lab is loosely designated as the project lab, while the other is generally used for writing, although at times they are used interchangeably. All classrooms and instructional areas have one computer plugged into the school division s wide area network, and many classrooms have one to three additional older computers that are not networked. Some instructional programs are network versions.