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Our students have access to a variety of software. Some titles are used for computer assisted instruction, others
lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos... and more!
helps all students develop fluency with basic math facts.
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Each classroom has a wall mounted Promethean
Interactive Whiteboard and a ceiling mounted Hitachi LCD projector. This equipment was purchased through a grant from the State of Nevada during the 2007-2008 school year. Teachers received training on using the ActivStudio software and use it to present all kinds of interactive lessons. We also have two ceiling mounted projectors in the multipurpose room. We are able to use those projectors to show Schoolhouse Rock videos during lunch, show a multimedia presentation during A+ Showcase in May each year, as well as other exciting activities.
We have two computer labs on campus. The main computer lab has 30 iMac computers, two Xerox
4400 network laser printers, a Xerox
8400 color laser printer, and 10 Panasonic video cameras. There is also a wall mounted Promethean Interactive Whiteboard and a ceiling mounted Hitachi LCD projector. Each class comes to the computer lab for a 50 minute period each week. Students work with our computer teacher, Mr. Charltray, to learn a variety of programs depending on their grade level.
We also have a smaller lab consisting of 17 iMac computers, Promethean Interactive Whiteboard, mounted LCD projector, Xerox 4400 laser printer, and a Okidata 2640en color laser printer. This lab is referred to as "the GATE lab" because it is housed in the GATE room and used primarily by the GATE students. Software on these computers is identical to those in the main lab. All of the computers in both labs are running Apple's Mac OS 10.4 Tiger.
We have a laptop cart available for teachers to check out at any time for use with their students. The cart is a Bretford brand cart and holds 20 Macbook laptops. These laptops are running Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and have all of the software that the school owns installed on them. Additionally, the school has a wireless network installed campus-wide that allows these laptops to be used anywhere.
Each classroom is equiped with 4-5 computers for teachers and students to use. There are both eMac and iMac computers. Each classroom also has a network laser printer as well as an LCD projector and Promethean Interactive Whiteboard as described above. Computers in the classroom typically are used as a center. Studnets can use them to run various software titles such as Lexia, enVision Math, FASTT Math, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as many content creation titles such as iMovie and Garageband.
