Technology

GRACE has embraced the importance and role of technology in education to prepare our students for college, career, and beyond. As a key component in modern life, technology is used in the daily instructional environment at GRACE to accomplish the following goals:

• Engage students
• Increase educational differentiation and adaptability
• Develop 21st-century skills (digital citizenship, collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking)
• Support learning experiences that enable students to pursue passions, interact with experts, and share their learning

The ultimate goal of technology at GRACE is to create responsible digital citizens who are equipped to research, collaborate, create, and thrive in the current and future digital landscape in order to positively impact GRACE and the community around us.

Resources

Grade Level Student Devices:
TK-2 - iPad carts for classroom use
4-6 - 1:1 iPads issued to students
7-12   1:1 Macbooks issued to students

Students also have access to a 3D printer for class projects.  

Lower Campus Resources
BotBee Bot
Cue
Dash
Dot
Little Bits
Ozobots
Micro:bit
Makey Makey

Upper Campus Resources
Arduino
Birdbrain Technologies Finch 
Cisco network equipment 
iRobot Root
Lego Mindstorm EV3
Makey Makey
Micro:bit
Niryo One six-axis 
Raspberry Pi 
Parrot drone
Tello Talent drone