Going Digital at HSCSD1
Innovation is contagious at Hot Springs County School District #1. We are consistently striving to be a leader in innovative teaching and learning strategies through technology integration.
The Wyoming Trust Fund grant launched HSCSD1’s Digital Educator Leadership Team (DELT) in 2009-10. Subsequent funding streams have allowed the DELT initiative to grow beyond our wildest dreams.
As a result we now have multiple technology initiatives thriving in our school district:
Digital Educator Leadership Team - Cohort 1 (Fall 2009)
● WY Trust Fund Innovation in Education Grant $65,935
● 9 HSCSD Teachers Selected
Digital Educator Leadership Team - Cohort 2 (Spring 2010)
● Enhancing Education Through Technology Competitive Grant $124,990
● 6 HSCSD Teachers Selected
Digital Educator Leadership Team - Cohort 3 (Fall 2010)
● ARRA Enhancing Education Through Technology Competitive Grant $174,898
● 6 HSCSD Teachers Selected
Summer Tech Academey 2010
● Funded with EETT Grants
● 25 Days of Staff Development; 69 Unique Participants
Summer Tech Academy 2011
● Enhancing Education Through Technology Competitive Grant $57,000
● 14 Days of Staff Development; 38 Unique Participants
Digital Library Connection (2010-11)
● WY Trust Fund Innovation in Education Grant $69,637
● Added iMacs, MacBooks, iPads, Kindles, iPod Touch Cases and more to all 3 Libraries
Digital Success Ladder / LOTI (2010-11)
● Funded with EETT Grants
● 317 Total Digital Lessons/Leadership Activities were Submitted K-12
Cultural Shift - 1 to 1 iPads for HS Students (2011-12)
● WY Trust Fund Innovation in Education Grant $64,500
● 200 iPad 2s for 9th-12th Grade Students; Loaded with Academic Apps
National Technology Conferences
● FETC 2010; 12 HSCSD Teachers & Tech Staff Participants
● ISTE 2011; 15 HSCSD Teachers & Tech Staff Participants
