This will help address equity issues by allowing underprivileged children to enter kindergarten on an even par with advantaged children. Young children learn best by doing. Access to technology allows them to learn early in life about technology, get excited about creating through technology and facilitates communication between student, teacher and other students and parents. In the Middle School and High School special needs and learning disabled students will use technology tools to bring them to an equal level with other students when they can use technology to express ideas. This will enable them to participate in real time projects, construct new meaning, and integrate curriculum.
Students produce informational web sites.
The student as a technologist. The student develops the confidence, competence, information management strategies and sufficient technical skills to successfully install, setup and use the technology and telecommunications tools in their daily life, work situations and learning environments. Once again concerns were raised while exploring this essential learning skill. And again the top concern was teacher training and knowledge. Interactive, hand-on training including activities that can be used with students will be developed.