Technology in the High School 
A diverse toolkit to integrate technology into learning

Kevin Crouch describes the HS's approach
Whether working in the three available computer labs, or the two additional mobile laptop labs, teachers can take advantage of powerful educational and professional software titles: Inspiration, Vernier Logger Pro, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Premiere, among many others.

Using this software they undertake a variety of projects, to produce student work that is contextual and appeals to a variety of learning styles. Sue Reed’s health classes produce first aid videos, self-help podcasts, and medical brochures. Anne Brennan’s business studies classes enhance their business plans with graphs and Gantt charts made in Excel; Dawn Burton’s English classes collaborate on assignments with Google Docs. Physics teachers Kevin Healey and Fabienne Peeters observe and graph motion (something that is impossible to do without computer equipment) using Lab Pro software and video cameras. Additionally, a wide variety of web resources are used by all teachers throughout the year to differentiate, enhance, assess, and stimulate learning.

Teachers and students both benefit from the recent installation of projectors in every classroom. It enhances the use of Blackboard (online learning suite) and allows teachers to use a ballooning volume of online video resources from Discovery Education or video sharing sites such as YouTube. In less than a year, multimedia projectors have become an indispensable teaching tool. These, along with the mobile laptop labs, which offer rich, technology enhanced learning opportunities from the familiar surroundings of the classroom, have allowed teachers to experiment with tech-integrated lessons to a degree that simply was not possible a short time ago.

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