Technology
IACS views technology as a tool that is used to assist students as they learn.
Key features of the technology program:
Technology is always taught in conjunction with relevant content. Students learn technology skills as they master curriculum content. Students learn to use computers for a wide variety of real-world applications, such as writing documents, communicating with their peers and teachers, doing internet research, and putting together convincing multimedia presentations.
Curriculum Frameworks
IACS is currently using the recommended Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Instructional Technology to guide our planning and instruction for technology in grades 5-8. These standards can be viewed at the following web site here.
The School Network
Each student has a unique user name and password that gives them access to the school network and network resources. Students are taught how to save their work to an individually assigned network folder. Students also use the network to access shared resources and to print to network laser printers. Students can access their individual folder from any computer within the school.
In the high school, students are given an e-mail account that they use for communicating with teachers and with peers about schoolwork. Through their e-mail account, students also have access to collaborative calendars and convenient online document storage that lets them move work between home and school.
Digital Portfolios
High school students maintain a digital portfolio of their work, showcasing their best projects from all of their classes in polished, personalized web pages.
Key features of the technology program:
- Reliable wired and wireless school network with Internet connectivity
- Student computers in nearly all classrooms
- An additional 60 Macintosh laptops that are used when extra computers are needed or for multimedia projects.
- Technology and content integration with real world applications
- Network printing and file storage
Technology is always taught in conjunction with relevant content. Students learn technology skills as they master curriculum content. Students learn to use computers for a wide variety of real-world applications, such as writing documents, communicating with their peers and teachers, doing internet research, and putting together convincing multimedia presentations.
Curriculum Frameworks
IACS is currently using the recommended Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Instructional Technology to guide our planning and instruction for technology in grades 5-8. These standards can be viewed at the following web site here.
The School Network
Each student has a unique user name and password that gives them access to the school network and network resources. Students are taught how to save their work to an individually assigned network folder. Students also use the network to access shared resources and to print to network laser printers. Students can access their individual folder from any computer within the school.
In the high school, students are given an e-mail account that they use for communicating with teachers and with peers about schoolwork. Through their e-mail account, students also have access to collaborative calendars and convenient online document storage that lets them move work between home and school.
Digital Portfolios
High school students maintain a digital portfolio of their work, showcasing their best projects from all of their classes in polished, personalized web pages.
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