Technology at Sacred Heart is integrated throughout the curriculum in grades two through twelve.
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Each year, students become increasingly more independent, more creative and more productive in how they work and apply technology to their assignments. Students have access to a variety of computer peripherals such as scanners, digital cameras, camcorders, printers, as well as a networked computer lab. Wireless laptops are also available in all divisions to provide a seamless integration of technology into the classroom.
The technology curriculum includes instruction in Web design, Internet research, information literacy, spreadsheets, multimedia presentations, computer graphics, word processing, video editing and keyboarding.
Lower School
Students in Lower School attend regularly scheduled computer classes. In Grade 2, students work on projects such as creating Landmark Brochures in Microsoft Word and designing neighborhoods in Neighborhood Mapmachine. Students in Grade 3 begin learning how to write programs in MicroWorlds using Logo as a programming language. They also create spreadsheets, multimedia presentations and class newletters. In Grade 4, students are introduced to an intensive keyboarding program. In addition, they complete projects that reflect their classroom assignments.
Middle School
In Middle School, technology is taught within the context of other subjects. Students have scheduled lab periods in which classroom teachers work with the Middle School Technology Integrationist to complete class projects. By the end of the Middle School, students have further advanced their skills in word processing, keyboarding, multimedia software, Web-based research, Internet safety and Netiquette.
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- Smart board use at CSH.
Upper School
In Upper School, all academic departments work closely with the Upper School Technology Integrationist to incorporate technology into their curricula. Students work with a wide range of applications to write, collect, analyze and synthesize information and data in all media forms. Elective courses in video editing, multimedia and computer science are offered.
"We live in a technological world that is changing everyday. These children have no choice but to embrace it. That being said, we can still teach the use of technology through the lens of a Sacred Heart education. At 91st Street, the mission is inherent in all subjects and it is what makes the teaching of technology flow into all areas of the students' studies."
Talia Nochumson
Lower School Technology Coordinator