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Technology

(Updated: 09/19/07)

Goals of the Technology Program

  • To integrate technology into the curriculum so electronic media is a tool for learning more effectively
  • To improve each student's level of confidence in and comfort with technology
  • To foster electronic information research skills fundamental to citizens in the age of information
  • To encourage the use of technology that promotes critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills
  • To provide equipment that allows students to generate worthwhile educational products which they are proud to exhibit
  • To provide a platform for project-based learning

Policies

  • Students are expected to behave responsibly on the school network.
  • Equipment is provided for students to conduct research, to process data, and to present information for educational purposes.
  • Students are trained on the school's Internet Acceptable Use Policy
  • Students are given space to save files on a school server and are expected to back their files up on flash/key drives.
  • Students have school based email accounts to communicate with teachers and school personnel.

Student Resources

  • A Microsoft Local Area Network (LAN)
  • A high speed Internet connection on a full T1 line over the school network
  • Over 580 Pentium based or better workstations for a student to computer ratio of better than 2 to 1
  • No computer in the building over four years old
  • 12 servers on a Fiber Optic backbone
  • Total connectivity from any computer in the building to the school's LAN and the Internet
  • Media center with a 28 computer alcove and 24 computers for general use by students
  • Computer lab for technology classes
  • Over 20 classrooms with 6 or more workstations
  • A 28-computer lab for journalism students
  • Three math rooms with 15 computers
  • At least one computer in every classroom
  • Forty laptop computers available for students to use during study
  • Laser printers in all labs and media center and most classrooms
  • Three color laser printers for student use
  • 52 data projectors throughout the building classrooms
  • Read-write-rewriteable CD-ROMs, DVD writers, scanners, digital still and video cameras available in labs and media center
  • A broadcasting lab with digital editing computer systems and chroma key capabilities
  • TV and VCR in every classroom
  • DVD players in most classrooms and available for checkout for classroom use in the media center
  • Closed circuit video distribution system
  • A school hosted Internet site: www.ahsrockets.org
  • Custom-designed pages in PowerSchool for improved internal communication
  • Fourteen SmartBoards
  • A Language Laboratory equipped with 24 workstations

School-Wide Software

  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2
  • Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Outlook, Infopath)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
  • Microsoft Essentials for students and teachers
  • Symantec Norton Antivirus
  • Barracuda email filter
  • Print Manager Software
  • WebSense Internet Filter
  • TextHelp's Read and Write Gold 7.0

Course Software

Internet Subscriptions
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