TITLE II D NCLB FUNDS

The Chicopee Public Schools has prepared and plans to continue in preparing the Mass. Department of Education Consolidated Grant.  As a result we have been eligible for Title II D No Child Left Behind funding.  These funds are being utilized to further technology initiatives in the district creating the right conditions to use technology to improve student learning.  Hardware purchases introducing new technologies and accompanying professional development trainings related to the new hardware in the following areas to integrate these new technologies into the current curriculum.  We continue to explore new software and hardware options that will increase our productivity utilizing technology to enhance the learning environment.

Current technologies:
Digital photography
Scanning
Mini DV cameras
Smart Boards
LCD projectors
PDA’s
Wireless technologies
Wireless lap top mobile labs
Digital TV Production
DVD technologies

Curriculum software that assists in reporting accountability for NCLB
SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
Read 180
Houghton Mifflin math (Ways to Success)
Reading First and Scholastic Red