We are pleased to see that your children are so enthusiastic about technology.  We find that their skills increase each week they come in and it's due not simply to our motivated teaching but to your commitment to allow computer time at home.

Below I've listed the programs we use at school and I suggest that you find the Student's Web on our site for some direct links to our approved games, free online typing and other resources.  This may help you as you field questions from your children about programs they are using at school. Please email us if you have any recommendations in software or internet sites for the "Kids' Web."

• Typing:  Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (Broderbund)
• Music:  Acid Pro 4.0 (SonicFoundry)
• Graphics:  Photoshop Elements 2.0 (Adobe)
• Movies:  Movie Maker (Microsoft)
• Productivity:  Office 2003 with FrontPage (Microsoft)
• Games:  Flight Simulator, JumpStart

Check out www.LEARNING.com 

(1) Easy Tech & (2) Aha!MATH are the two products we're evaulating for the year.  All grades can access lessons that are chosen by their teacher (Mrs. Rogers or Mrs. Franich).  Sixth grade and Middle school technology elective class have personalized logins for individualized tracking.  All students who remember their username and password may login from home using the district as entered in the image to the right.  Let us know what you think.