A visitor to Malabon sees many uses of technology occurring as they visit the K-3 classrooms. Primary students are using modified keyboarding skills as they word process. Other students are accessing CDs or other programs on the hard drive to learn about a variety of topics. Telecommunicating with other classrooms worldwide is ongoing. One finds basic computer skills, such as saving to a disk, creating a personal file, and accessing a program by the media specialists in the computer lab.
Students write their own stories on the computer and have peer tutors help in editing and revising.
In the fourth and fifth grades classrooms, one can observe students who are using keyboarding skills and are word processing at their desks on their laptops. Each grade level has two sets of laptops to share for word processing. Students in fifth grade are making the final draft of their oceanography reports using HyperCard stacks. Students running the school store use a database and spreadsheet program to keep track of inventory and cash flow. As a part of their study of Oregon History, fourth grade students are communicating with other students from states that contain part of the Oregon Trail.