At EBV the computers are use as a tool not only to reinforce concepts learned in Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies, but also to help students develop motor, reasoning, thinking and typing skills.
Our program is oriented to encourage them to use their creativity, explore, learn and play with the interactive world of learning, as well as to reinforce reading and writing concepts.
Further more some of the classes are exposed to Internet, electronic encyclopedia research, the use of Word processing to type reports, Power Point to create oral presentations and Excel to do graphing, all of this upon teacher request.
I am from Maracaibo , Venezuela . I have been working at EBV for 20 years, but 14 as Elementary and Middle School Computer Teacher. I have a Bachelor Degree of Computer Science from URBE University , in Maracaibo and a Masters Degree of Education majors in International Teaching from Framingham State College, Massachusetts . I am also the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) site coordinator, and administrator of Admin Plus and GradeQuick applications.
I enjoy teaching students from all ages because I learn new things from and about them everyday.
The Elementary Students attend computer classes once a week for thirty or forty-minute period.
They are introduced to a variety of educational and application software in order to integrate them with the program offered in the curriculum at each grade level.
These are some pictures from students working in the lab.
In Elementary the computers are use as a tool not only to reinforce concepts learned in Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies but also to help kids develop motor, reasoning, thinking and typing skills.
Our Program is oriented to encourage students to use their creativity, explore, learn and play with the interactive world of learning, as well as to reinforce reading and writing concepts.
We use educational software to help the students to make decisions, estimations, compare, make mistakes, succeed and the most important to learn the joy of the learning process.
For lower elementary we utilize software to teach the students mouse skills and basic computer concepts.
For upper elementary classes we use typing programs to help them learn or practice keyboarding skills.
Internet and encyclopedia research is available upon teacher request.
Sixth and seventh grade students attend computer classes every other day for forty-five minute-period.
Issues relating to copyright laws, privacy and intellectual property, as well as the policy for the use of the Internet in our campus are covered in middle school.
The computer program in 6 th grade is divided but not limited to Keyboarding, Operating System/File Management, Word Processing, Publication Software, Drawing/Paint Software and Power Point-Multimedia.
The computer program in 7th grade is divided but not limited to Keyboarding, Word Processing, Power Point-Multimedia, Spreadsheets, Desktop Publishing and Internet. Other technologies such as Electronic Portfolios and Digital Cameras are also included.
