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Windsor Oaks Elementary
School
Windsor Oaks Elementary school has strived to increase the use of technology over the last seven years. The Technology Action Team has worked to meet that goal. This action team, as part of our School Planning Council’s Strategic Plan, is composed of faculty, staff, parents and students. Working cooperatively with the school’s faculty and staff, a computer lab was established in 1994. Training for teachers and students began shortly thereafter. In the fall of 1998, the lab was upgraded from a Macintosh lab to a Windows 95 computer lab. Over the years, the Action Team has tracked how the lab was used including the types of computer literacy skills students were learning. Windsor Oaks was one of the first Virginia Beach schools to implement the computer managed reading program, Accelerated Reader. The school has hosted 19 visits by other Virginia Beach elementary school’s interested in the Accelerated Reader program, the computer lab or the work of the Technology Action Team. On March 29, 1999, the school held a Technology Open House. Students, under the supervision of their teachers, demonstrated various computer skills and programs used in the classroom, computer lab and library media center. In the library media center, fourth and fifth grade students demonstrated how they used the electronic card catalog, CD ROM research software, and the Internet. Third and second grade students demonstrated the Accelerated Reader program, the STAR Reading computerized testing program, various curriculum related software titles and how to use the computerized white board for large group instruction. In the computer lab, the kindergarten, first, fourth and fifth grade students demonstrated keyboarding, graphics creation, and database creation and manipulation. Student created computer products such as word processed stories, graphics, and multimedia presentations were displayed throughout the school. A local vendor, KIS Computers, set up an informational display of home computing for parents. As part of the evening, State Superintendent, Paul Stapleton, and Virginia Beach’s Director of the Office of Technology, Bob Mullen, spoke to the PTA members about state SOL’s and our school system’s direction in technology. The State Deputy Secretary of Education, Cheri Pierson-Yecke, demonstrated the Commonwealth of Knowledge web page. Windsor Oaks produced a multimedia presentation about how technology is used on a daily basis. The presentation is available for viewing on this web page. Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer - Download the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer if you do not have PowerPoint If you have questions or would like more information about the school or Technology Night, you can contact the Technology Action Team Chairperson, Norene Skiles, (pskiles@vbcps.k12.va.us) or visit our home page at (http://www.windsoroakses.vbcps.k12.va.us).
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