Our computer lab classes  have reasearched, designed, and constructed websites for CyberFair, an international website contest
and Global Virtual Classroom. Listen to our 2010 radio interview at J98 about GVC.
We participate in GVC's Clubhouse prior to GVC Contest to provide the opportunity for our students to have a comfortable cultural 
exchange beforehand. The GVC PEP presentation page may be viewed here or click here to see the web presentation itself. 

Our networked computer lab is equipped with 2010 desktops (Windows) and projector. Students learn how to share files within a network and become proficient with OpenOffice (word processing, spreadsheets, presentation slideshows), keyboarding, graphic design, digital photography, Moodle online classroom, website design, learn HTML tags, concept mapping, Google (Earth, Sketchup, Docs, Sites) Anime, Jing, Audacity, Glogster, Wordle, cartoon design with Pixton, Hot Potatoes interactive assessment, SchoolTube, PhotoStory and Movie Maker (video production), Voicethread, Voki, and use Internet resources for research and WebQuests. We begin practicing keyboarding in first grade by learning the home row and each year students practice their skill level. Keyboarding is primarily a first semester focus. Mavis Beacon program is used the second semester. The Flipped Classroom is a methodology we are developing for our new high school.

We employ a mobile lab to classrooms to implement activities within the core curriculum classrooms. Grades 1-5 rooms are equipped with SMARTboards and projectors. Grades 6-8 are equipped with whiteboard and projectors. Middle school students have computer lab instruction on a daily basis. The 2010 school year included interaction with new technology, Student Response Systems, also known as "clickers." This technology allows our teachers to provide ongoing assessment that engages all students during classroom discussion. The 2011-12 year will provide more opportunity to increase digital literacy through the use of Google Apps for Education e-portfolios and student accounts offering emails, blogs, websites, and document collaborative work. Also new for 2012 is the proposal for a Farmington Readers Club where area students will blog about books they love through a project we're developing for Global SchoolNet CyberFair.

Our school uses FastDirect Communications as a parent & student portal. We also use Moodle as an online classroom in the upper grades. Many quizzes, assignments and exercises are interactive and web-based. Forums, blogs, online glossaries and collaborative learning are all features of Moodle. Students in 7th grade have an online course enrollment with another classroom in Filomata, Poland, using Twiducate, where they have learning activities aimed at developing their roles as global citizens.

Our computer technology curriculum complies with the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) established by the International Society for Technology in Education. We believe in applying current and emerging technology as a vehicle for methodology and authentic learning. Students create constructive and open-ended projects designed to develop critical thinking skills and meet NETS-S standards. Visit Teacher Technology Resources to examine the digital tools we use in our curriculum and a basic outline of our grade level technology and 8 Big Ideas viewpoint.

Visit these sites to view student work:

Stay Connected 2011 Global Virtual Classroom 2nd Place Award entry with Poland and India teammates

Building Hope 4 a Better Future 2011 CyberFair Platinum Award entry

Spokes: Inside Competitive Bicycling 2010 CyberFair Gold Award entry

Rock On! 2009 CyberFair Platinum Award entry

Join the Movement--Recycling Today to Save Tomorrow 2008 CyberFair Gold Award entry

Students Against Methamphetamine 2007 CyberFair Gold Award entry

Shurley Method Language Instruction used for grades 1-5; demonstrated by Mrs. Michelle King, 3rd grade

Web 2.0 Student Work Website and Voki avatars created by our students

Mrs. Johnson's Site & Blog

Mrs. Johnson's Pearltree

Vokis voice history!