Boca Christian
Technology
Program Internet Access Robotics
  Teachers & Technology  
   

We are living in the Information Age. The three R's have given way to the two C's - Comprehension and Communication. Reading, writing, and arithmetic still form the backbone of the curriculum, but it is not enough if one is to be equipped for the twenty-first century.Computer lab

Students need to learn how technology can help them organize and understand the flood of information accessible today. They need to learn how to communicate in the multiple media presently available.

The computer lab, media center, and classrooms (Grades 1-12) are equipped with Dell Optiplex desktop computer systems which include a firewire connection, DVD +/- RW, flat panel display, and printer, video projector, and Elmo document camera and tablet. Some high school classrooms are equipped with Promethean ActivBoards.

All computers are networked and have access to the Internet via DSL line. Students in grades 3-8 have classroom access to a mobile wireless laptop lab.Laptops

Technology is a key feature of the high school program. Teachers and students in grades 10-12 are issued a laptop computer, which is connected by a wireless network with access to a DSL line for high performance internet connection. In 2002, the school was selected as an Association of Christian Schools International Exemplary School for its technology in education program. The high school was awarded a grant of forty handheld computers from Palm, Inc. which were used in an environmental study, the results of which benefitted the city's park system. A grant from Best Buy helped to provide the school with 60 GPS units, several video projectors, and digital cameras to be used in a follow-up to the environmental study and to extend student's understanding of Geographic Information Systems.