Villa Maria Academy is committed to enhancing the education of its students by enabling them to participate actively in the educational process through the skillful use of technology in all of the appropriate forms. We are committed to the following action goals:
• Provide an educational program that helps all students become proficient users of technology.
• Train all staff, in an ongoing and supportive manner, in ways that will enhance classroom instruction through the use of technology.
• Use technology to assist and enhance the educational program
• Expand the availability, use, and integration of technology into the curriculum through the school Media Center.
• Expand and maintain a campus-wide technology infrastructure that will incorporate networking and multimedia technologies that will serve teachers, staff, students, and alumnae.
• Develop and implement an integrated campus-wide technology program for administrative/staff personnel.
• Establish a technology center/hub as a school and community information center.
We developed an evaluative process that will effectively and efficiently enable the school to acquire, update and incorporate technology throughout the educational program.
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CURRICULUM
POLICIES
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RESOURCES
All students receive a network and e-mail account to use during the school year. Mail may be retrieved on or off campus. Private and secure personal storage drives are also given to each student and are backed up nightly. Access to Internet is available from every station on campus.
Villa Maria Academy maintains a licensed collection of student and administrative software.
- Windows NT and W2K OS/Server OS
- Microsoft Office 2000 and XP
- Pagemaker Plus
- Adobe Illustrator 7.0
- Adobe Photoshop
- DataStudio Science Labs & PASCO Probes
- Geometer's Sketchpad, TI Calculators
- Inspiration
- Internet Explorer
- Peachtree Accounting
- C++ Builder
- Windows Media Player
- Spectrum Winnebago Client Library Software
- Secure Exchange Server/Web Access
- HTML Authoring Software/Graphics Software
- Digital Scanners/Camera access for projects
- EDLINE
- TCCi Guidance Suite
LAB INFORMATION
There are three lab areas on campus and an additional mini-lab in the library for independent and class directed work. Computers are available before, during and afterschool hours for educational use. All students must sign and adhere to the VMA Acceptable Use Policy regarding network use. Scanners and graphic software is available for student use.
FILTERING SOFTWARE
We have SurfControl Internet and Web Filtering Software to protect all students from inappropriate sites. In addition, our Internet Service provider also provides a student filter. Although sites are added daily to the internet, not all filters may stop all sites. We continually update lists and create new block site lists to ensure your daughter's safety.
TECH AIDES
VMA Tech Aides allows students the ability to learn and gain technology skills not found in the traditional computer curriculum including website development, publishing skills, AV skills, collaborative project design and network maintenance.
EDLINE
By accessing www.edline.net and logging in with an activation code and login and password, teachers will be able to post assignments, club and activity news, create class calendars with test and project information, view the school calendar and more. All Students will be given an account and have access to specific information based on their student roster, activities and sports information and more. Additional information will be given out in school. This is our school Intranet and all school related calendars and information will be posted here.
Contact Lisa Roberts,
Technology Coordinator 610-644-2551 x1017
Contact Carol Sweeney, Academic
Technology Specialist, 610-644-2551 x1018