Technology @ St. Cletus
St. Cletus School continues to remain committed to technology integration at all levels.
Did you know St. Cletus has:
- 4 interactive whiteboards from Smart Technologies (new for 2008!)
- Set of 32 Interactive Student Response Systems (aka "clickers") (coming soon!)
- Seven multi-media carts (LCD projectors, laptops, speakers, DVD/VCR combos) for campus-wide use. Great for showing PowerPoint presentations, streaming video from the web, and student work.
- TV Carts – 19
- Computer Lab – 32 PCs (complete with 32 new flatscreen monitors in 2007)
- Total Classrooms – 78 PCs
- Admin & Staff – 30 PCs
- Computers campus-wide – 121 PCs
- Digital cameras – 4 for use by students
- LCD projectors – 8 for use by classroom teachers
- One laserjet printer in each classroom
- Microsoft XP Pro Operating System – The preferred OS of Nazareth, Fenwick, and Lyons Township
- Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher)
- Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 complete with Exchange Server for Email
- Microsoft Server 2003 for file storage
- Barracuda Web Filter
- Internet access in every classroom from Preschool through 8th grade
- Wireless network connectivity throughout campus
- 20 new Sony CD/Tape players designed for classroom instruction
Technology Committee Mission
Provide technical expertise, support, and guidance to the school board, staff and administration in order to integrate and enhance campus-wide technology systems, programs and equipment thereby providing St. Cletus students with the skills, knowledge and opportunities to succeed in a technology rich world.
Accomplishments
- Updated school web site
- Faculty and staff available via email
- New campus-wide phone system
- Improvements to network infrastructure including a managed Cisco switch
- Business-class T1 communications line (both data & voice) & backup DSL line
- Implementation of TeacherEase – a system to help teachers better track student progress
- Subscription to United Streaming - a web site providing streaming video and content for classrooms
- Enterprise-scale server upgrades (e.g., web filter, Microsoft Small Business Server)
- Wireless (Wi-Fi) access throughout campus
- Completed a 3-year modernization project (monitors, PCs, printers)
- Brand new LCD monitors in the computer lab and library
- 2 new Canon ir7095 network copiers rated at 95 copies per minute allowing teachers to send copy jobs from their desktop
- Campus-wide technology audit
Future Plans
- Long-term technology plan
- New modernization project – Computer upgrades on regular cycle
- Donate old computers to school families
- Intranet for students
- Student technology contests
- Tech 2008 – state-wide student technology contest and demonstration in Springfield
- Best Buy te@ch award – financial grant application
- Parent and community learning opportunities
- Further improvements to infrastructure including additional wiring and gigabit connectivity for rapid file transfer