Technology at Mountain View Elementary School

Since Mountain View reopened in 1992 as the elementary component of District 20’s technology magnet strand (which includes Challenger Middle School and Pine Creek High School), we have striven to integrate technology in new and innovative ways. Technology is seen as a tool for learning, not a subject to be taught in and of itself. From kindergarten onward, students use technology to access, analyze, and present information, master basic skills, and to communicate with teachers, classmates, and the world around them. We were the first elementary school in the district to offer e-mail to all staff and students, provide access to the Internet, teach multimedia presentation tools, and develop our own website.

New District ET/IL Standards

Academy School District Twenty has adopted new Educational Technology/ Information Literacy Standards and Benchmarks.  Click on the link below to view these standards:

District ET/IL Standards and Benchmarks

Technology Integration

Technology integration at our school includes the use of Internet research tools (including the use of online reference sites), multimedia presentation tools such as Kid Pix, HyperStudio, and PowerPoint, digital imagery, video editing, and reading enrichment through the use of Accelerated Reader, among others. Teachers communicate with parents and highlight what is going on in their classrooms through e-mail and classroom web pages. Two wireless mobile laptop labs enhance computer access for students in combination with the eight computers permanently housed in each classroom, all with high-speed Internet access through the district’s network, as well as a local school network where students and staff can store files for retrieval at other workstations in the building. An e-instruction system allows teachers to create review lessons, quizzes, and tests where students respond instantly to questions created by the teacher, giving teachers immediate feedback regarding student mastery of material.

We will continue to work towards greater technological innovation through the expansion of our wireless capabilities, the acquisition of more systems (like e-instruction) that allow us to instantly assess student understanding and modify our instruction accordingly, and moving towards greater access to school files from home.

Mountain View K - 5 Technology and Standards

For the sake of consistency between classrooms, Mountain View has adopted a set of technology standards at each grade level. Skills may be covered at different times during the school year in any given class or grade level.
These are minimum technology standards for each level. Individual classes may go beyond these requirement.

Use the following links to go directly to the grade level benchmarks further down the page.

Kindergarten
First Grade

Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
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Technology Benchmarks for Kindergarten

First Grade Technology Benchmarks

Second Grade Technology Benchmarks

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Third Grade Technology Benchmarks

Fourth Grade Technology Benchmarks

Fifth Grade Technology Benchmarks

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Parent Tips

Your Child and the Internet

The Internet has proven to be a valuable educational tool for children. There are literally hundreds of thousands of sites with information on almost every conceivable curricular topic.  Students at Mountain View use the Internet to access pioneer diaries at the Library of Congress, view 3-D animations of bones and joints, and do research on early Colorado History, just to name a few.  However, there are concerns associated with Internet use for children. Please click below for further discussion.

Your Concerns...

Many parents have concerns about their children and the dangers they might encounter while using the Internet at home or at school. These concerns include:

What we've done at Mountain View...

At Mountain View we have implemented several safeguards that help to allow your children to use the Internet as a valuable educational resource while protecting them from the dangers that may be encountered there. These safeguards include:

What you can do at home...

There are safeguards that you as parents can implement at home that help to protect your child, as well. We suggest:

If you have any other concerns or questions that have not been addressed above, please feel free to e-mail Karen Henderson (Mountain View Technology Specialist) at khender@d20.co.edu, and she will attempt to address them.

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