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Preparing future-ready students for success in our 21 st Century global society is a challenging task. Rigorous and relevant curriculum is vitally important, as are small learning communities where relationships can flourish. Equally important is a philosophy of using appropriate and integral technology to facilitate and enhance these learning opportunities.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction describes three levels of technology use: traditional, enhanced, and infused. Traditional technology implies use of technology tools for basic functions, such a word processing and basic spreadsheet operation. Enhanced technology allows facilitation through a higher level of interaction and computer assisted learning. The most thorough use of technology is the infusion level, where learning uses web-based application, multiple technology and multi-media tools, and where technology is an inseparable component of learning.
At the AHS Zoo School , technology infusion will be achieved through the use of interactive classrooms. Each classroom will be equipped with an interactive white board , or Smart Board, and accompanying LDC projector. Smart Boards are in use sparingly throughout our system. Their interactive nature allows real-time learning and presents opportunities for students to digitally master learning concepts.
In addition to SmartBoards, each student will have access to a laptop computer. Wireless Internet access will allow students to work freely around the AHS Zoo School on projects and individual learning activities. Laptops can be taken throughout the North Carolina Zoo for writing, notes, data collection, and real-time analysis. Additionally, hand-held computers with probes will be available for on-site data collection, experimentation, and project-based learning activities. Students will be able to develop videos with specific technology available at the AHS Zoo School and share data and information with the NC Zoo staff as part of their research. Digital cameras and document cameras will also support a technology rich environment as the AHS Zoo School students, the “digital natives” of their generation, learn through a global society available to them through technology.
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