2011-2012/5772 ANNUAL REPORT - The Rashi School

21 ST CENTURY
TECHNOLOGY
Rashi continues to use technology in
the classroom to convey content more
powerfully and efficiently. We realize that
technology cannot replace the relational
nature of teaching. Teaching and learning
at Rashi is still student-centered. However,
teachers are using 21st century technology
to enhance their ability to engage students
and create lessons that are more interactive.
This year we added the learning response
systems to the Promethean ActivBoard
technology systems in each classroom.
Affectionately called LARRYs, these bright
orange handheld devices enable students
to respond immediately to questions on
the ActivBoard. This tool provides teachers
with instant feedback about how each
student is doing. Subsequently, a teacher
can differentiate instruction to reach each
student most effectively.
The next steps include a pilot program
to set up a “Moodle,” a blended learning
environment of digital media resources and
collaborative tools which will enable students
and teachers to create, experiment, and
design activities and projects which extend
and enrich students’ learning goals and
experiences. We are very excited to get this
project underway in 2012-13.
Beginning in kindergarten, Rashi
students are introduced to interactive
computer technology. To
enable children to become even
more facile with using computers,
Rashi implemented a new
typing program for grades 3-4.
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