The Chapman School community values technology and understands its importance as a tool for all students. Integrating it into the curriculum is a high priority for our staff. 

For internet access, we use Portaportal, a free site for teachers, to bookmark pages of interest. At home, you can access these sites by going to http://guest.portaportal.com/chapman. Select your child's classroom if applicable or their grade level site from the menu.

Focus by Grade Level:

• Kindergarten - General introduction to computers. Curriculum-based math games and portaportal are some of the favorites. We touch on word processing and love to use drawing programs. Check out the Kindergarten page on http://guest.portaportal.com/chapman.

• 1st Grade - Continued introduction to computers and logging in. Curriculum-based math games, Kidspiration for writing organization skills, Portaportal for internet sites that enhance units of study, and Type to Learn for keyboarding skills.

• 2nd Grade - Continued introduction to computers and logging in. Curriculum-based math games, Kidspiration for writing organization skills, Portaportal for internet sites that enhance units of study, and Type to Learn for keyboarding skills. Beginning word processing and simple Powerpoint presentations and saving these to the classroom folder on the server.

• 3rd Grade - Continued introduction to computers and logging in. Curriculum-based math games, Kidspiration for writing organization skills, Portaportal for internet sites that enhance units of study including research, and Type to Learn for keyboarding skills. More advanced word processing and Powerpoint presentations saved to the classroom folder on the server.

• 4th Grade - Curriculum-based math games, Inspiration for writing organization skills, Portaportal for internet sites that enhance units of study including research, and Type to Learn for keyboarding skills. Working on more advanced word processing and Powerpoint presentations saved to the classroom folder on the server.

• 5th Grade - Curriculum-based math games, Inspiration for writing organization skills, Portaportal for internet sites that enhance units of study including research, and Type to Learn for keyboarding skills. Working on more advanced word processing, Powerpoint presentations and Excel Spreadsheets - all saved onto the server.