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South Dakota
Projects in South Dakota Little Wound School in Kyle will generate quality projects to enhance learning with design and implementation of interactive Web sites, chat, discussion board, electronic assessment, two-way interactive video presentation skills as well as troubleshooting. The final project will be a student-driven interactive computer-based PowerPoint and Web page on the Badlands, a significant part of the Lakota culture and history located on the northern edge of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation just north of the community. Hanson School District in Alexandria has grades K-12 in two Hutterite Colonies serving around 70 children. An ancient form of the German language is spoken and children do not learn English until they are six years old. Their project goal is to improve reading and writing scores, and laptops also will be available for the development of the German language curriculum. Special classes for select Colony Adult members will be offered. The McLaughlin School District, a Title I district, will initiate a journalism program in the middle school to work with the high school’s journalism program. Students will write stories for the local newspaper and radio station and will produce newsletter. Throughout the day, the computer lab will be used to integrate technology into the curriculum for assignments in a variety of disciplines. Porcupine Year Round School in Porcupine, part of the Lakota Nation, has grades 5-8 and will develop innovative projects implemented with use of wireless laptop technology are. Children will interview community Elders, which requires explaining how the computers are used, take and scan photos and create a book or CD. They also will create a presentation for a pow-wow about buffalo. Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge serves grades 9-12. For its new social justice curriculum, students will research movements throughout history. They also will work on community service projects including expanding relationships with United Blood Services and area recycling programs. New relationships forged with local media will promote the programs such as Project Recovery, a locally-sponsored group for alcohol recovery, aid and education. Creating and maintaining a publication both online and in print detailing current works is a goal, and the student organization, Cante Waste Okolakiciye (Good Heart Society), will ensure the project’s future. Bennett County 3-1, with grades 7-12, will have upper grades in multimedia class use computers and cameras to work on presentation for television and to develop Web sites for the school, city and county. Equipment also will be used for adult evening classes, a collaborative effort between the school district and the 21st Century Grant Program in grades 7-12. The Roslyn, ISD #18-2, grades 3-12, will use a mobile lab to give upper grade students more access to technology and to build a partnership for training and access to computers for senior citizens in the community, including residents at the local rest home. Elementary students up to grade 8 will use software programs and on-line access to improve basic math and reading skills. They also will incorporate an electronic pen-pal project to establish a working relationship with remote students for appropriate to topics each class is studying. Rapid City Area School District’s 8th grade class will use the lab to promote state writing standards. Laptops will be available for checkout, which allows more time to complete advanced projects. The lab also will be used for the free Parent Computer classes already offered with student mentors. This program is funded through Title I funds and the Weed and Seed Project. Marty Indian School in Marty, a Yankton Sioux Tribal Community with grades K-12, has 95 percent of students in the National School Lunch Program. The school provides residential program for boarding students from various tribal nations and neighboring states. Students represent the first generation of computer users, yet there are very few homes with computers. Underway is implementation of a wireless student union for day and evening study to accommodate students, families and dormitory residents. The new high school, built in 1998, sits adjacent to the tribal headquarters and serves as a community center for the region. Cheyenne River BIA Junior High School #20302, in Eagle Butte on the Cheyenne River Reservation, will involve The C-EB TechnoLarvae Project to study environmental issues such as water quality and contamination and aquatic ecosystems on the Reservation. The school’s lab will be the hub to connect all major players in science education and partnerships will include Si Tanka Huron University, Presentation College Lakota Campus and the Environment Protection Department, which will provide community education. The goal is that 90 percent of students will produce a report, presentation or project in at least one subject using the wireless laboratory and 90 percent of students will access the Internet for research.
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