Vision 2020 Project ACCESS

Student_Parent_Guardian_Laptop_Handbook_Spanish.pdf

Lamar Academy received a NCLB Title II Part D Vision 2020 grant. The grant project is titled Project ACCESS (A Computer per Child Empowers Students to Succeed). This grant provides 1 laptop per student and 1 laptop per teacher for the 2008-2010 school years.

Five Program Goals
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Goal 1:Teaching and Learning: To focus on the instructional needs of teachers and the learning needs of students in meeting the Vision 2020 Immersion efforts.
Goal 2:Educator Preparation and Development: To provide for training of educators in using technology for teaching and learning and to use technology to provide equitable access to quality professional development.
Goal 3:Administration and Support Services: To integrate technology into all aspects of the school community, including instruction, instructional management, and administration, and to expand community access to information.
Goal 4:Infrastructure for Technology: To establish, maintain and update an infrastructure for technology immersion throughout the campus.
Goal 5:Replicable Process: Document and evaluate technology immersion processes to create a replicable process.

Six Key Resources

Technology immersion involves providing every teacher and every student at an implementing campus with six key resources:

a wireless mobile computing device for each educator and student on an immersed campus to ensure on-demand technology access at school and at home;
productivity, communication, and presentation software for use as learning tools;
online instructional resources that support the state curriculum in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies;
online assessment tools to diagnose students’ strengths and weaknesses or to assess mastery of the core curriculum;
professional development for teachers to help them integrate technology into teaching, learning, and the curriculum; and
initial and ongoing technical and pedagogical support.