Computer Education

Our school is equipped with 35 computers for student use, 15 classroom computer stations and a cart of 20 wireless laptops, which are networked to a secure domain and have high-speed access to the Internet. It is our goal that students graduate from Venice Lutheran School with the skills needed to use the computer efficiently for future educational and occupational endeavors. Students in Grades K-2 receive basic instruction in computer use. They use programs that enhance their learning in other curricular areas such as language arts, math, and
social studies.

Students in Grades 3-8 receive instruction weekly in one area of our curriculum standards. In addition they are required to improve their keyboarding skills on their home computers using the web-based typing program Type to Learn. As students progress up the grade levels, they are expected to become proficient computer users and advance towards meeting the National Educational Technology Standards for 8th Graders. As their skill level increases, the computers are increasingly used to complete assignments in other curricular areas, such as language arts, social studies, science, and religion.

General Computer Content Areas
• Review our school’s computer policies and related ethical issues
• Familiarize students with our computer network
• Improvement of keyboarding speed and accuracy
• Review features of an operating system
• Instruction in the features of a word-processing program (Word)
• Instruction in the features of a spreadsheet (Excel)
• Instruction in the features of a presentation program (PowerPoint)
• Incorporating images and pictures into above applications
• Instruction in features of a database program (Access)
• Internet use for communication, information gathering, and analysis