Echo Lake Elementary students use technology throughout the grade levels and subject areas. We feel strongly that technology provides students with valuable learning tools.

Since the fall of 2005-2006, every student in grades 4-6 have a laptop that they can use at school and at home.

This has provided students and staff with the skills and access to appropriate technologies to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, provided efficiencies in time and work, and enabled more effective communications within the entire school community.

Students use technology at school in a variety of ways such as organizing their thoughts or prewriting with graphic organizers, conducting multi-media research, and completing math problems with virtual tools that were not possible in the classroom before. Now, they use all of these tools at home to complete their homework, increasing success for all students.

In addition, students use an electronic calendar to keep track of assignments and due dates. Parents can stay easily connected to their child’s progress by having access to all of their child’s assignments and work calendar.

Grades K-3 also has one-to-one capabilities with seven carts of 15 laptops each to share between their classes.