Technology

Help our school earn Technology Products!

School districts across the country have been dealing with huge budget cuts, but we've found a way to supplement our finances to get the products we need. H-BC is participating in the Funding Factory Recycling Program. This fundraiser is FREE and simple because there's nothing to sell, no paperwork to fill out and no deadline. The program runs year-round, accumulating constant income for our efforts. But we won't get very far without your support. Please donate your empty printer cartridges and used cell phones to H-BC School and we'll take it from there! We will recycle the cartridges and cell phones through Funding Factory to earn new technology equipment. Last year alone, more than 300 million cartridges were thrown away, while 30,000,000 cell phone were tossed or replaced. We're alleviating the volume of waste that goes into landfills while collecting products we need to keep H-BC running smoothly. Your help is vital to our fundraising success. Cell phones and cartridges can be dropped off at the following locations: H-BC High School (in Hills) or at the Elementary School (in Beaver Creek). If you are unable to bring in your used equipment, please email Marie Brown at mbrown@hbcpatriots.com and she will pick it up.

Technology at
Hills-Beaver Creek
District 671

Mission Statement

The technology curriculum in Hills-Beaver Creek District #671 has a threefold mission.

To provide an opportunity for ALL school personnel, and students to be exposed to, learn about, and apply available forms of technology to a level where they are comfortable and confident in its use.
To establish an integrated districtwide K-12 technology program to offer an opportunity for all students to succeed in a world of expanding technology.
And to have the district establish a priority commitment to technology by,
a. providing the necessary funding to fully implement the program including personnel with the time to help,
b. establish an in-service program (assigned to the Staff Development Committee) so that staff can learn to use available forms of technology throughout the K-12 curriculum.

Vision Statement

We believe that technology plays a major role in efforts made in education now and will continue to affect education in the future. This allows us to establish creative methods of integrating technology into all existing curriculums. We agree that educational technologies need to be considered as one of several instructional tools and delivery systems available for learning and teaching--superior in some situations and inferior in others. This means then that the criteria for evaluating these tools should consider, primarily, how appropriately they prepare students for functioning in tomorrow’s society. Technology should be a tool or means to educate--not the end product. The need to update existing goals and outcomes is essential as technologies improve. We believe that technology offers educators a means to address the increasing demands in education of processing vast amounts of knowledge and making quality decisions based on the knowledge.

Upon graduation all learners will be able to:

type at a level that meets the age appropriate level
use word processing to facilitate writing (drafting, editing, formatting, saving, printing, and sharing)
present an informative presentation
use problem-solving and creative thinking software
use a database and a spreadsheet to collect and organize information
use software to access information for research activities
use a web browser software to access information on the internet
generate reports on computers for all classes
demonstrate desktop publishing skill using current technology (word processing, graphics, database, spreadsheet, graphing, power point, internet, digital camera, video camera, etc.)
use current technology to access information for research activities (CD-ROM, Internet, etc.)
all learners will have equitable access to current technology at school