Ventura Charter School’s goal is to educate our students to participate fully in the information age. We are committed to providing a learning environment that promotes logical thinking, curiosity, global awareness, and self-directed, independent learning. Teachers model effective integration of technology into instruction with the use of laptops and projectors. Ventura Charter School's third through sixth grade students learn the keyboard to enhance writing capabilities in basic word processing programs. They do Internet research for reports and progress to networking and collaborating with student peers around the world on educational projects. Students have the opportunity to become media literate by developing their own multi-media presentations.

Technology is fully integrated and utilized in interdisciplinary projects and learning activities throughout the middle school grades. In addition to becoming media literate, students learn the basics of professional graphics programs and create multi-media productions and power point presentations, which may include websites, computer animation, and short videos. We strive to have middle school students integrate core curriculum with multimedia technology through digital storytelling. In this process, students focus on cultural, personal, educational, and fictional stories, placing a strong emphasis on mastery of state standards. Digital storytelling provides a powerful way for students to engage in and personalize their learning. Multimedia projects such as this encourage students to make decisions about how to communicate their particular message and give students with diverse learning styles multiple ways to demonstrate their learning.

  Creativity is a process of having original ideas that have value.--Sir Ken Robinson