Educational Technology
Philosophy
The Broadalbin-Perth Central School District believes that well planned
judicious use of the computer technology will yield significant benefits
to:
1. Students – with implementation primarily being assimilated
into the subject curriculum, but also being treated as a separate entity.
2. Staff – to provide assistance with instructional, planning,
research, assessment, communication as well as managerial capacity.
3. Community – to communicate and provide information in a timely and efficient manner and to provide an effective yet customized home – school connection.
Staff involvement during the planning, refinement, and implementation stages is of paramount importance. Mindful that computer technology will never supplant the resourceful and effective teacher, the Broadalbin-Perth Central School District views computer technology as a means extending instruction, by providing necessary skill development and practice, effective and timely communication, research techniques and information processing skills, educational management tools as well as critical, logical, creative and problem solving techniques.
Within the framework the following goals are promulgated:
1. To enable students and staff to utilize computer technology to the
best of their ability.
2. To enable students and staff to gain understanding, appreciation,
and a variety of applications of computer technology used in our schools.
3. To employ and apply computer technology whenever appropriate in
curriculum areas, research, lesson preparation, communication, assessment
and management
4. To promote and support the acquisition of computer technology skills
to maximize productivity, effectiveness and creativity.
5. To enable and provide opportunity for the staff to become more proficient
in lesson preparation, communication, assessment, and management tasks
using technology
6. To enable students and staff to be more efficient and productive
in assisting and manning the teaching / learning process in order to
obtain high achievement standards and life long learning.
7. To articulate between occupational and educational courses, between
elementary and secondary with emphasis on transferable skill development.
8. To insure that students are provided with the academic skills and
knowledge they will need for future education and at the same time
provided with occupational tools necessary to enter the workforce or
post secondary education.
9. To provide the tools, opportunities and guidance for accessing,
retrieving, evaluating, interpreting information and communicating
in today’s’ global
society.
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