In collaboration with the students and teachers and to keep focus on the project and goals. Each grade level plan together in fall and spring. All teachers are involved and informed of the direction of the school. Technology skills, teaching skills, objectives, is written and passed out among the teachers teams. Meetings are during the flex time, and the turnout from the teaching staff is tremendous.
Technology is a tool to enhance their teaching.
When we do a project, we go into it for 2 weeks straight and wrap up the project. The students are split into 3 groups Each group gets information and learn how to share that information. The students work in small groups and learn to work together. Integration with library research skills and information gathering. The lab has 17 computers, this allows the students to share the computer.