We also purchased additional computers and workstations in the lab and now have a fully equipped lab of 26 computers. In this three-year period, we also have gathered tools such as an overhead with an LCD panel, scanner, digital cameras, four printer stations, touch screens, and microphones. The Internet is now accessible from every computer in the school. including the lab. During this fourth year, we have undergone a lot of changes. We now have a new principal, Jo Anne Kwarta, and she is in a unique position in which she already has witnessed the near completion of the wiring, the launching of our newly updated Web site, and the introduction of a new curriculum that has been designed to implement instruction in the use of the Internet.
Students now use the Internet on a regular basis.
Grade 6 began this year by using HyperStudio to practice setting the students' research and experiences into a multimedia slideshow. These skills are generalized and will be melted later this year into another multimedia slideshow using PowerPoint. Students practice gathering, retrieving, and analyzing data and then presenting it through this newly introduced medium. Students in the lower grades are also benefiting from the Internet. Teachers are using the Internet to take their students on virtual tours of Africa, Native American artifacts, and Colonial America, just to name a few.