"All
change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking
place every instant."
--Henry David Thoreau, Walden
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DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY
Knowledge is power. Knowledge of technology makes available to students one of the most powerful educational tools of the information age. The Computer/Technology Department uses technology as a means to recontextualize learning and to develop an innovative curriculum that will model the skills, knowledge, and attitudes appropriate in a technological society. We see students as actively constructing knowledge rather than as passive receivers of knowledge.
DEPARTMENT GOALS
Workplace
expectations have risen, requiring high productivity and high-quality output
for success in the information age. Therefore, students will be prepared
for a technology-rich workplace by providing them a technology-rich learning
place. A new generation of educational software will be introduced into
the curriculum that will encourage critical thinking, problem solving, decision
making, and exploration. Computers will be used as a teaching tool as well
as a learning tool-extending their range beyond the walls of the classroom.
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Grade 7 Introduction to basic concepts in word processing, typing;
WebReference and Research - basic study skills and techniques,
use of library facilities and development of research skills in print,
CD, and Internet sources;
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional: Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint. -
Grade 8 Introduction to Web design (Dreamweaver)
digital imaging (Photoshop) and basic animation (Flash). -
Grade 12 Advanced techniques in word processing,
desktop publishing (InDesign), digital imaging (Photoshop),
and Web design (Dreamweaver),
Senior technology Symposium project
Mrs. Tatyana Finegold
Mrs. Melissa Kinch
