Technology at Eagle Hill

The marriage of directed instruction and technology has proven to be a powerful tool for both students and faculty at Eagle Hill. Technology has been clearly shown to enhance both initial learning of content and retention of content information over time. The mission of Eagle Hill’s Technology Department is to continue to foster a technology program that provides teachers with ‘cutting edge’ technology products and continued support and training to enhance student learning. Classroom curriculum joined together with technology have allowed faculty to have increased tools for addressing different learning styles

Computer use in the classroom is meant to supplement, not replace, direct instruction. Teachers are facilitators who utilize new instructional methods and strategies made possible through the use of technology. To be effective, the curriculum must drive the technology program, not vice versa. Students learn the basic skills necessary to use computers independently by participating in project based learning throughout their classes.

Currently at Eagle Hill every classroom teacher is provided with a laptop computer. All campus computers have wireless access throughout the school to the network and all network services.

A laptop program has been in place in the upper school since 1998. Three mobile laptop labs and two traditional computer labs are spread across the campus. For a more collaborative teaching environment the school has currently added 21 ActivBoards, which are interactive whiteboards from Promethean. For more information on ActivBoards visit Promethean’s website.