Technology/STEM
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Technology–21 Century Learning
Saint Susanna provides students with the tools and information needed to help them become 21st Century Learners. Our school offers an array of technology resources used by our teachers and students. Our fifth through eighth grade classrooms are 1:1 with each student assigned a personal laptop or notebook. Our younger students are busy working with iPads, Chromebooks and interactive SMART Tables to explore a variety of technology and to support learning objectives within the classroom. All of our classrooms, kindergarten through 8th, are equipped with large interactive SMART Boards. Document cameras are used by teachers and students for large screen visual presentations.Using technology, teachers can provide and support areas of instruction, as well as support the variety of individual learning styles within their classrooms. Students learn how to explore and research ideas and topics, communicate and collaborate on projects, build problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making skills, and are encouraged to explore creativity and innovative ideas.
All students, pre-school through middle school, attend weekly computer classes. Our Middle School classrooms have integrated technology spread throughout the curriculum. Our computer lab is equipped with 28 touch screen all-in-one Samsung computers and Office 2013 suite. We offer campus wide WIFI connection so technology can be accessed throughout the building.
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PreSchool and Pre-Kindergarten: Mouse and keyboard skills, basic computer and internet navigation skills, computer literacy, use of educational software and websites to support classroom learning and more.
Kindergarten-2nd Grade: Graphic software, mouse and keyboard skills, basic computer and internet navigation skills, computer literacy, care of computers, internet research, virtual field trips, internet safety, digital citizenship, use of educational software and websites to support classroom learning, online and “unplugged” non-computer activities to teach students computational thinking, problem solving, programming concepts.
3rd-5th Grade: Graphic software, proper typing/keyboarding skills, internet navigation skills, computer literacy, projects using Word, Excel and PowerPoint, internet research, virtual field trips, internet safety, digital citizenship, use of instructional software and various web tools to engage in new technology experiences and to support classroom learning, online and “unplugged” non-computer activities to teach students computational thinking, problem solving, programming concepts.
6th – 8th Grade: Proper typing/keyboarding skills, computer literacy, opportunity to utilize a wide assortment of digital tools and formats for a variety of purposes, webpage design, computational thinking and coding, internet research, internet safety, cyber citizenship, use of instructional software and various web tools to engage in new technology experiences and to support classroom learning and more.
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Kindergarten–5th Grade: Students engage in hands on science experiments to support inquiry into science concepts using Indiana Science Initiative (ISI) kits through Purdue University. The Indiana Science Standards based kits provide students with experiences in Earth, Life, and Physical Science, along with the Design Process. These kits help students to conduct experiments that promote problem solving and analyzation of data to reinforce the Scientific Method.
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