Albert Bricker, Technology Coordinator

"Saint James is a great place to practice the craft of teaching and an even
better place to grow from student to a productive member of society."

Students of today are Digital Natives...

The rest of us are simply immigrants into their world! My challenge, as Technology Coordinator, is to teach our Saint James Students the skills necessary for them to succeed in a technological society.

Not only do they have to learn how to utilize the software at our school, but they must have the skills to become Lifelong Learners. Technology, as many areas of their lives, will change rapidly and the skills to adapt and learn in the face of these changes is essential. I strive to give our students the tools to utilize today’s technology and the confidence to learn new technology as it becomes relevant to their lives.

Technology integration into the curriculum is also very important as we develop our lesson plans. Students are being asked more, now then ever, to research topics on the internet. They are then tasked with demonstrating their knowledge through oral presentations using Keynote, written documents, utilizing Pages, Websites utilizing iWeb, and possibly even a movie made with iMovie. This looks much different from the days in the not so distant past of worksheets and written tests!

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