Mrs. Donna Bradley

Technology Resource Coordinator 

The technology program at Immanuel Christian School is fully integrated into the content areas of the curriculum.  It encourages proficiency appropriate to developmental levels of each grade through specific skills and problem solving. Computer proficiency is not an end in itself but lays the foundation for continuous learning, with the focus on learning by using technology, rather than learning about technology.

 

The school network links classrooms and the lab, and connects to various Internet resources. The Bridge, our educational portal webpage, is accessible throughout the school and from a browser at home. The computer lab has individual workstations and an interactive whiteboard for engaged learning. Each classroom is equipped with interactive technology resources (interactive whiteboard, instructional laptop, video projector, stereo audio system with shared resources available). A full-time Technology Resource Coordinator assists teachers with proficiency skills and project preparation, manages the interactions in the computer lab, and maintains the web resources.

Technology instruction follows a Program of Studies Curriculum that encompasses projects using standard software programs and research using online resources. Examples of integrated technology projects at each level include:

Grades K-2:

• Graphic drawing and creating slide shows with KidPix and MS Word

• Nametags and bookmarks

• Timelines and family trees

• Graphs reflecting properties or science concepts

·         Desktop publishing and multi-media projects

• Booklets on seasonal and number correspondence

• Multi-media slide shows

• Podcasting story sequence

Grades 3-5:              Keyboarding emphasis  Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Desktop    Publishing, Multi-media Projects, Digital    Photography Land and water booklets Formatted note cards for research Multiplication game boards Digital photo illustration of science Observations, verses, music or events Multimedia presentation for State Reports AlphaSmart keyboards for individual           responses and simple word processing

Grades 6-8:

• Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Desktop Publishing, Multi-media, Digital

   Phototography, Web Design, walled Web 2.0

• Science project research and graphing results

• Virtual mathematics interactions and controlled science experiments

• Pamphlet on Colonial America

• Podcasting responses to literature and content

• Diagramming sentences and outline editing

• Web-log (blog) I-search projects

• Digital photo and movie production

• Flipchart lessons