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The Salem School District believes that technology, when appropriately applied and used, is a powerfully enabling tool. Consistent with the District’s Core Values (Safety, Respect, Responsibility) all students and new faculty receive Digital Citizenship training. Students receive this from classroom teachers, school-based librarians, guidance and health teachers. A couple of years ago, all teachers were required to take a 4-part online course and since then all new teachers are required to do the same. We encourage parents and guardians to partner with us and help reinforce this important skill. Please visit the new online resource via the Technology Support Guide under Parent Links.
Artificial Intelligence (AI). We continue to explore and work together to understand how AI might support teaching, learning and administrative functions. The groups (Teaching and Learning, Business, Ethics) working through this are comprised of classroom teachers, support staff and administrators. This year we agreed upon Google Gemini as the Gen AI district platform and released it to professional staff along with establishing the following four norms; Protecting Data, Verify then Trust, Developing Prompting Expertise, Maintaining Professional and Learning Integrity, and Mindfulness of Environmental Impact. This summer the Teaching and Learning group met to plan for the coming school year including providing classroom teachers guidance in syllabus language and further defining appropriate/responsible adult uses.
Modernizing the environment. We launched a new web site providing improved accessibility and updated presentation, transitioned our Student Information system from on-premise servers to the cloud, provided second through fifth graders at three of our elementary schools new Chromebooks, replaced aged projectors at three of the elementary schools, and replaced legacy on-prem telephone systems with a hosted Zoom Phone solution.
The Salem IT Department prioritizes equipping, training, and supporting classroom teachers with the appropriate levels of technology. We have two, talented ex-teachers that work directly with teachers on using technology to support the curriculum. When students see lessons involving the use of technology, they become engaged and invested in their own education, work collaboratively with focus, and see what they are learning as relevant to the world around them. Below is a sample of some of the most widely used classroom educational technology.
- Interactive Projectors – in every classroom for teachers and students to wired or wirelessly present their work
- Chromebooks – every student is provided a district Chromebook to support their learning
- Wi-Fi - in every building and room to access online materials and services
- Google Workspace for Education – student’s primary content creation and collaboration tool
- Google Classroom – a virtual classroom to help reinforce the in-classroom experience
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The Salem School District believes that technology, when appropriately applied and used, is a powerfully enabling tool. Consistent with the District’s Core Values (Safety, Respect, Responsibility) all students and new faculty receive Digital Citizenship training. Students receive this from classroom teachers, school-based librarians, guidance and health teachers. A couple of years ago, all teachers were required to take a 4-part online course and since then all new teachers are required to do the same. We encourage parents and guardians to partner with us and help reinforce this important skill. Please visit the new online resource via the Technology Support Guide under Parent Links.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI). We continue to explore and work together to understand how AI might support teaching, learning and administrative functions. The groups (Teaching and Learning, Business, Ethics) working through this are comprised of classroom teachers, support staff and administrators. This year we agreed upon Google Gemini as the Gen AI district platform and released it to professional staff along with establishing the following four norms; Protecting Data, Verify then Trust, Developing Prompting Expertise, Maintaining Professional and Learning Integrity, and Mindfulness of Environmental Impact. This summer the Teaching and Learning group met to plan for the coming school year including providing classroom teachers guidance in syllabus language and further defining appropriate/responsible adult uses.
Modernizing the environment. We launched a new web site providing improved accessibility and updated presentation, transitioned our Student Information system from on-premise servers to the cloud, provided second through fifth graders at three of our elementary schools new Chromebooks, replaced aged projectors at three of the elementary schools, and replaced legacy on-prem telephone systems with a hosted Zoom Phone solution.
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The Salem IT Department prioritizes equipping, training, and supporting classroom teachers with the appropriate levels of technology. We have two, talented ex-teachers that work directly with teachers on using technology to support the curriculum. When students see lessons involving the use of technology, they become engaged and invested in their own education, work collaboratively with focus, and see what they are learning as relevant to the world around them. Below is a sample of some of the most widely used classroom educational technology.
- Interactive Projectors – in every classroom for teachers and students to wired or wirelessly present their work
- Chromebooks – every student is provided a district Chromebook to support their learning
- Wi-Fi - in every building and room to access online materials and services
- Google Workspace for Education – student’s primary content creation and collaboration tool
- Google Classroom – a virtual classroom to help reinforce the in-classroom experience