The servers are located at various locations around the district, which has allowed us to share costs among many schools and stretch our budgets even further. Students learn skills necessary to use search engines to locate information specific to their area of interest or need. High performance multimedia production labs are available for student and staff to work on appropriate media to assist them in learning and communicating. Some are using a high end video digitizing station to produce digital videos, others are creating some high end graphics for use in a World Wide Web page, and still others prepare audio from interviews of community members for inclusion in a multimedia project to be displayed at the local visitor's center over the summer. A group of students and their teacher are in the presentation area of the media center preparing for a community presentation that will be held soon.
Students routinely invite the community in to view and listen to what they have learned.
The presentation area includes a high performance computer with a variety of media equipment installed, a state of the art video projection and sound system, and seating which encourages sharing among all members of the learning community, both inside and outside the school building. Sometimes we even see younger students helping older students with newer technologies. Principals and teachers regularly discuss various school issues via electronic mail and conferences from the comfort of home. Community members from all over the peninsula work as mentors for students and staff. Because the technology is so easily accessible and removes the limitations of time, many people previously unable to participate in school are actively involved.