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Technology
Mrs. Nardini
Technology Specialist
Technology use at Cherry Brook Primary School exists to support and encourage children to reach their academic and personal potential. As a learning tool, technology can allow children to manage, understand, manipulate and present information in ways unimagined in previous generations. By using it, children can problem solve, research, connect, analyze, and absorb information.
In an increasingly interconnected and information-rich world, our children will need to be skilled users of this information and be able to manage the increasingly complex demands of a technological future. The degree to which we give our students the tools to participate fully and successfully in the Information Age will determine to a large degree the success of our children and, consequently, our success as a learning institution.
The Cherry Brook technology program recognizes computer fluency is best achieved through regular use. Students are exposed to computers in Kindergarten and continue regular and increasingly complex use through the First, Second and Third Grades. Cherry Brook has integrated a wide variety of powerful computer programs into the curriculum, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,Kidspiration, KidPix, Publisher,and others. These programs are not educational ends, but are tools used to enhance and support teacher instruction, student learning, and the school's curriculum.
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