Technology at Ambrit
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- Philosophy:
- Today's children are growing up in a world increasingly
dominated by Technology and the media. Ambrit's ICT philosophy aims
to empower students and enable them to become competent and
responsible users of Technology in all its applications.
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- To this end, Technology at Ambrit is treated as a means of
achieving a desired result rather than as a subject whose skills
are taught in isolation. Therefore, Technology lessons are based
upon a curriculum subject area, the lessons being the result of
close collaboration between the Technology teacher, and the class
or subject teacher.
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- The Technology Department:
- Jeanne-Marie Byron & Brad Evans.
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- The Technology Department is extremely active in the school,
providing support to staff, students and the school's
administration offices. In addition, Jeanne-Marie Byron maintains
the school website.
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- The Technology Dept. can be reached at
technology@ambrit-rome.com
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- Equipment:
- In a word...Apple.
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- Ambrit chose to commit to Apple computers due to the intuitive
nature of the operating system and the low maintenance
requirements of Apple computers.
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- The school has a 10-megabit/second Internet connection in each
classroom. Every classroom has at least one computer.
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- Teachers at the school have a staffroom with 8
eMacs. In total, the school has over 100 computers in operation,
all of which are connected to network printers/photocopiers
providing high-capacity monochrome and colour printing services.
Laptops are also available on a booking system: 25 macbooks on the second floor, 20 macbooks on the first floor and 15 macbooks on the ground floor.
In September, 2011, a 1-1 iPad program was launched, providing each fifth grader with an iPad. For more information about the iPad prgram, please click here.
Both the Library and International Library are equipped with iMacs which are networked and are
available for use by the staff and students alike.
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- All computers at Ambrit are networked, allowing for fast and
efficient communication between parents, the school
administration, and teaching staff. The school's atrium also has a
wireless network, providing wireless connections for laptops and iPads.
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- A central server, running a highly efficient software
firewall, manages all Ambrit computers.
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- Internet Safety:
- Internet access at Ambrit is closely monitored. The Technology
Department has implemented an extremely effective, multi-lingual
content-filtering system. However, no filtering system is perfect,
and therefore students are not allowed unsupervised Internet
access. To view Ambrit's Internet Acceptable Use policy, click
here.
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- SMART teaching:
- The school has recently invested in SMART interactive
whiteboards. Thanks to the hard work by the Friends of Ambrit,
every classroom (including the EAL room) now includes a
SMARTBoard. These boards add a dynamic, interactive dimension to
teaching, allowing students to present work to their peers, and
the teacher to give interactive, whole-class internet-based
research lessons. Each board also doubles up as an audio-visual
station, enabling teachers to show films, documentaries and music.
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