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Kids with iBooks

The Gillispie School

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Welcome to Technology


Mr. Morris
Director of Education Technology


Ms. Moore


Mrs. Sanderford

The Gillispie School is in partnership with Apple Computers as a "Lighthouse" School. Each third through sixth grade student has a laptop computer (iBook) assigned for the year. The laptops have a wireless connection to the Internet and the school network.

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iSummit was a huge success! Read more »

Gillispie named Channel 8's “Cool School” of the week.

Read about our "Leading Edge" award from NAIS.

Visit the Student Project Gallery

See Ahead of the Wave, Gillispie's  "Profile in Success" On Apple Computer's Education Website!

For an overview of Gillispie's "Integrated Digital Curriculum," please scroll down below.

Children in Early Kindergarten through Grade Two learn basic computer operations on Apple iBooks. Computers are used with small groups to enhance curricular areas in the classroom.

The Technology staff works with the teachers to find ways of using the technology within their existing curriculum. Computers are tools to support learning and teaching; technology is useful for research, presentations, writing, graphic arts, multimedia projects and much more.

An Overview of Gillispie’s Integrated Digital Curriculum

Gillispie’s Integrated Digital Curriculum

Beginning with a cart of wireless laptops in 2002, and then in the fall of 2003 expanding to a one-to-one deployment of laptops for every teacher and third through sixth grade student, the Gillispie School has been “ahead of the wave” that is changing the face of elementary education in this country. With the latest digital technologies available to create interactive projects, presentations, mind-maps, creative writings, and to enhance scientific investigations with portable digital microscopes, learning has never been so exciting.

The primary objective of the IDC program has been to use technology to enhance and enrich a traditional yet holistic curriculum by eliminating barriers such as student access, lack of professional training and limited technology support. Additionally, the program has expanded curriculum in the areas of social studies, language arts, science, art and music by adding new curricular components such as digital music composition, guided Internet research, digital photography and video, enhanced scientific investigation tools, as well as a global project with a partner school in Australia. By doing all of this in a one-to-one wireless laptop environment, we were able to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum.

Some examples are as follows:

  • Digital photos highlighting class projects emailed to parents.
  • Computer project gallery on our website highlighting building blocks of digital interactive projects from grade level to grade level. Project Gallery
  • Digital “midi” music composition
  • “Hands-Across-the-Water,” a science project, with a school in Australia involving comparing and contrasting Australian marine reef life to La Jolla, California marine life
  • Digital books published by various classes
  • Scientific method documented on video in science projects
  • Global positioning tracking via computer
  • Informational literacy unit developed
The students graduating from Gillispie will be comfortable using technology to learn, create, present, and communicate effectively and efficiently.