Technology Students using our wireless laptop labs to research and organize projects At Groveland, we understand that technology will be an integral part of your child’s life. It is also an effective learning and teaching tool while helping to connect our classrooms to the rest of the world. Like all content areas at our school, in technology we are committed to learning experiences that are academically rigorous. Groveland’s technology initiatives this year focus on integration within our curriculum, individualized learning, and increased school community communication. With all the benefits that technology affords, at Groveland we understand it does not replace caring adults or the precious minutes spent with a book in hand. In the intermediate grades, students build up from computer literacy skills to project-based learning and content- based web design. We use our new computer lab, teacher stations and mobil laptop technology to bring the appropriate hardware directly to students. This allows us to integrate technology into our learning process in a more authentic and time effective Click here to check out a website made by a student manner. Here are a few examples of ways in which we apply technology to classroom work and school communications: o International pen pals o digital photography o webstreaming o multi-media presentations o individualized assessments o language translation technology o Imovie o web site design o individualized skill building o Technology Integration Initiative o classroom web sites o art history investigations o parent-teacher email groups Technology Home Page Click here to go to our technology homepage