Technology Program

Our school focuses on Google Suite for the academic portion of technology. Our students 3rd - 8th grade students have one-to-one Chromebooks. We teach Google Classroom, Gmail/email etiquette, and other google products that will help with papers, research projects, and presentations within their curriculum. This includes google slides, google sheets and google docs as well as folder structures for organization within google drive. 

Okay, onto the fun stuff. Beyond the classroom support, we want to ensure we build a technology curriculum that is fun. 
  • Our students love TinkerCAD and we do have a 3D printer. This is a topic that students like to focus on and our students have presented on this topic at an annual S.T.E.A.A.M. conference. 
  • Lego Stop Motion Animation is another one the students really like to do in groups. 
  • The greenscreen technology is not only used for fun projects but students to like to use this as a way to do pre-recorded presentations for class including group projects. Our students also have presented on this topic at the S.T.E.A.A.M. conference as well. 
  • Believe it or not, the kids also really like our Xtramath program. It is a progressive program so it gets harder as you go and the students have a chance to earn certificates for accomplishments.
  • Our younger students can't get enough of the prodigy program. This program makes math really fun as it feels like a game. 
  • Robotics has been a hot topic and we do own quite a few Dash Coding Robots. 
  • We start learning coding basics pretty young with scratch jr and scratch.  We have a few programs we use depending on the interest of the student. Bloxels is one of the favorites with older students.  We also participate in hour of code each year and the students really enjoy that! 
  • Some of our older grades start to learn web design and website structure. Our jr. high students have the option to create a website for their History Fair project. We start using Google Sites in Jr. high.

We are adding things all the time depending on the interests of the students so if there is a topic you want to see if we cover, we can explain what options we have available. Students are able to explore the topics they want. ​Feel free to reach out to technology@stmaryschooldekalb.com with any additional questions.
Technology Education Program
iPads in Computer Class
Tinkercad and 3D Printing
S.T.E.A.A.M. Conference
Middle School Chromebook 1:1
Kindles For 8th Grade Novel Studies
Interactive Display Boards
Sound Board and Lighting Crew for Play