Cleveland Elementary is a Schoolwide Title I Program. All students in our school have access to our well-equipped lab, which houses 24 networked computers. As the Title I / Tech Lab teacher, I work with the classroom teachers to coordinate lab instruction with classroom instruction. Our program primarily targets Language Arts and Math; however, all academic subjects are addressed. In addition to the classroom SOLs, lab instruction targets the Technology SOLs for the state of Virginia, which are listed on the following website. http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/computer_technology/index.shtml
The goal in our lab is to equip every student to use technology to enhance the learning process in all subject areas so each student becomes a competent, responsible user of technology in daily life. This is accomplished through grade-appropriate use of technological resources such as the following:
Interactive Achievement Assessment
United Streaming Videos
Microsoft Office programs
Internet resources
Education City
IXL Math
Herzog Keyboarding
Various integrated programs
The success of our lab is dependent on the support of wonderful people who provide these programs and resources—the Russell County Public School system, business leaders who provide grant monies through the Russell County Business/Schools Partnership grants, and our Cleveland Elementary PTO. The assistance of these people is, of course, vital to our success.
Our success is also contingent on the excellent work of our Russell County Public Schools Technology Services staff that does an outstanding job in setting up and maintaining our lab throughout the school year. http://www.russell.k12.va.us/techhome.htm
The theme of our Tech Lab program is "Sailing the Technology Seas--a Voyage to Adventure." We hope our "sailors" enjoy the journey as they discover the treasures of becoming successful learners.
~Sheila Keen
Our patriotic keyboarder