The Technology Class here at NAAQC will present a map for raising the level of student performance in all of our classrooms. It will help to enhance the uses of technology already in place, to support our children’s educational experiences and will introduce new structures. It will address our present and future needs while recognizing that the world and technology are rapidly changing.

Technology at NAAQC will appropriately incorporate into every classroom and curricular in the school. It will not supplant the teacher or the human interaction that is so essential for learning; it is intended for use as a tool to enhance learning for all children.

Students will utilize powerful technology tools to express their ideas more clearly; to access information beyond anything available in traditional classrooms today; and to assist them in collaborating with other students around the globe on projects that have a real impact on the community. 

Technology also will assist students in visualizing abstract concepts, participate in rigorous simulations, gather data via scientific probes, analyze and manipulate data, create art; and create digital portfolios of their work.

Mission: All students will be prepared to meet the challenges of a dynamic, every changing, global society; in which they participate, contribute, achieve, and flourish through unlimited access to people, information and ideas. Students will be prepared to be computer literate, and become productive digital citizens.

Technology extends learning beyond the classroom. Technology fits into our school

curriculum in three ways:

• Teach about technology

• Teach with technology

• Students apply technology to real life situations

(Gr. 1-8 Meets once a week - see schedule for class times)

• Bring the world to the classroom. No matter what their socioeconomic or ethnic background, and no matter where they live, the learning field for all students can be leveled. Students are introduced to people, places, and ideas to which they might otherwise not be exposed;

• Enable students to learn by doing. Research has now confirmed what many instinctively knew - that children, who are actively engaged in learning, learn more;

• Make parents partners in their children’s education by connecting the school with homes, libraries and other access portals;

• Enable educators to better accommodate the varied learning styles and pace within the classroom. This individualized instruction can be a key factor in student achievement.

• Encourage students to become lifelong learners who can access, analyze, and synthesize information;

• Encourage educators to become guides and coaches to students, rather than be “the sage on the stage;” and

• Make students proficient in the basic technological skills needed to take their place in society- whether they enter the working world directly after high school or pursue further formal education.

Your child will achieve these expectations and goals by completing assignments, and projects at their necessary grade level, using different types of software, block/text-based coding, and creating/designing graphics. Students will also learn basic computer care, Digital Integrity, troubleshooting, file management, personal responsibility, etc. in dealing with technology.