Since 1999-2000 Hallsville R-IV Schools have been participating in the exciting eMINTS program. We currently have all of our 3rd grade and 4th grade classrooms, one 5th grade and one 8th grade classroom designed for this program. These classrooms are set up with special technology equipment including 12 student computers, a teacher workstation, scanner, color printer, digital camera, and a SMARTboard. There is ongoing teacher support and training to infuse the technology into our current curriculum and increase effective inquiry based learning.
Hallsville is continuing to expand eMINTS through teacher professional development and a commitment to classroom teaching strategies. This year we will be training a new eMINTS teacher and several teachers in non-eMINTS classrooms in a program called eMINTS4All.
In the 2006-2007 school year Hallsville added a new position for a K-12 Educational Technology Specialist to support learning through technology at all levels of the district. A dozen elementary and middle school teachers participated in 3-day web page development workshops over the summer. We expanded eMINTS into two more 4th grade classrooms and one more 3rd grade room.
This year we are adding one more 3rd grade eMINTS and another 4th grade eMINTS classroom. This puts all 3rd and 4th grade rooms as full eMINTS. We are also putting SMARTboards and projectors and providing eMINTS4All training for 4 more middle school classrooms and 7 high school classrooms. We have applied for and have been awarded eMINTS/METS grants to put full eMINTS in one 5th grade and one 8th grade science classrooms. Hallsville continues to be committed to quality learning and best teaching practices. Technology is an important part of that commitment.
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The 2005-2006 school year also marked the beginning of Hallsville's involvement in LoTi. This initiative will increase the effective instructional use of technology throughout the district. LoTi will take many of the eMINTS strategies into other classrooms so that all learners will be engaged in lessons with integrated technology to develop high level thinking skills.
