I hope that you have enjoyed your Christmas Break. I know I have enjoyed spending time with my family and catching up on things here at school that I usually don't get to work on.
Currently I am listening to the sounds of tables being installed in the 5th grade classrooms and 6th grade social studies classrooms. These tables are being installed as part of our eMINTS grant to allow the students to be able to use the student laptops which will be placed in the classrooms soon.
All 5th grade classrooms have recently had SMART Boards and LCD projectors installed. These SMART Boards will allow the teachers to present interactive lessons to the students. 6th grade social studies classrooms will soon have the LCD projectors and SMART Boards installed also. (6th grade math and science rooms had SMART Boards and LCD projectors installed last year.)
All of the classroom teachers are currently receiving professional development regarding the use of the technology that has been provided through our grants. They have spent many hours learning and exploring ideas for the use of the technology in the teaching and learning process.
When the technology is all installed and the laptops are delivered to the classrooms, we will have an Open House to allow parents to see how we are using the technology with our students. We want you to be able to see how instruction is changing to embrace the technology that is so much a part of our world.
Hope you're enjoying your holidays,
Mr. Mayes
1 comments:
This is very exciting for the school to this grant to allow the students to excel in the classroom with the laptops and smart boards. I am sure this will help teachers reach out to more kids to show them what they can do. I can't wait to open house to see it and Lee is very happy and eager to use the laptops and the smartboard. Hopefully, Mrs. Massey will get her smartboard fixed soon so they can utilize her board in the classroom. Thanks for being a great principal!
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