Rural Educational Technology

"Where Educational Vision and Mission Converge."
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                           Impressions and perceptions are the prime movers in today's process of understanding; therefore, the manner in which an institution presents and endorses its ideas, concepts, and information will impact the targeted audience, either positively or negatively.  Where time is at a premium, the first impression must generate a positive and lasting impression for the targeted audience.
 
Given our current economic circumstance and forecasting future trends, our challenge is to be at the fore front in helping to eradicate poverty and illiteracy, which have no regional, racial, ethnic, gender, or topographical barriers. They are a reality and truth unto themselves, and are not altered by political maneuvering or epistemological trends. They are an infinite loop, until the cycle is interrupted through the determined efforts of dedicated educational professionals and community volunteers working collaboratively, within a student centered model, to make a difference in the future of our rural communities.
 
     
 
Current technologies are applied in the classroom to to enhance and enrich the learning environment. 
 

The school technologist designs, sources, installs, configures, and administers computer networks; as well as, integrates digital control systems with video conferencing, distance learning, telecommunications, intercommunications, master clocks, and audio/video capabilities within the framework of the computer network with the multimedia subsystems interfaced within the classroom or office, and the feature functions controlled through a touch panel or wireless remote.  The technologist assists the classroom teacher in assimilating the technology into his/her daily classroom curriculum and schedule.

 

 

 

 
  
 
 
 
Examples of educational programs which are integrated into the classroom curriculum to enrich and manage classroom instruction, may include programs such as: Scholastic Read 180, Grand Central Station, Renaissance Learning, River Deep, Waterford, Plato, Compass Odyssey, Study Island, Heart Beeps, Unitedstreaming, BK English, TPRI DIBELS, Kurzweil, WebCCAT, Rubicon Atlas, eSPED, C-scope, Sagebrush's InfoCentre, Prentice Hall Technology Applications, and eGradebooks, Hot Chalk, Drop Box, LogMeIn, etc.
 
Technology Education: Keyboarding, Web Development, Graphics Design, Desktop Pubishing, Distance Learning, Video Conferencing, VOIP, Pen Pal Classroom Collaboration, Podcasts, Google Applications, Adobe, Microsoft Office, Office Live, Open Source, Linux, Open Office, as well as, Computer Fudamentals and Repair, etc.