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= Welcome to Our 4th Grade Technology Day! =

This website details a technology-rich day for 4th Grade students at ABC PreK-6 School.
== Links provided in left sidebar will guide you through technology-rich activities designed to meet each 4th grade academic content standard. Please read on to learn more about our school and goals for this project. ==

**//Our School and Students//** ABC PreK-6 is located in an urban school district and serves 453 students, 75 of which are in the 4th grade. The median household income in this district is $29,103 and unemployment is 10.7%. This translates to 92% of students at our school being eligible for free lunch and the other 8% being eligible for reduced lunch. Our school provides breakfast and lunch for every student daily.

//Computer Access//
Because so many of our students come from a lower socioeconomic status, our school benefits greatly from a number of grants and local community ties and actions. Our school houses a centrally-located computer lab which includes 30 computers. Each classroom has 3 student computers and one teacher computer. Teachers also have access to a computer in both of the PreK-2nd and 3rd-6th teacher workrooms. All computers have been purchased in the last two years and are internet-accessible. Our school has been awarded several grants geared toward increasing technology integration. This has enabled us to increase our budget for technological equipment tremendously.

//Goals//
We have a wonderful, free after-school program and caring teachers and administrators who all take the extra steps necessary to guide our students toward success. To this end, we have developed a technology-rich day geared toward our 4th grade students, which if successful could be extended and adapted to include additional grade levels. The use and integration of modern technology at ABC is especially engaging for our students because most do not have access to these materials outside of school. By introducing them to and making them familiar with the use of the different types of technologies described in these lessons, we hope to excite interest in our students while preparing them to be lifelong learners in an increasingly tech-savvy world.

// **This website created and edited by: Ashley Kistler, Pamela Ross , Sara Stanyard & Laura Doyle** //