Focus: Technological Awareness

The focus of technology education at the elementary level is to develop a technological awareness and to reinforce learning. The school child with technology experiences shall…

• Explore how people create, use, and control technology.
• Apply knowledge in mathematics, language arts, social studies, science, health, and fine arts in solving problems associated with technology.
• Use tools and materials to explore personal interests with technology.
• Exhibit self-confidence through the use of technology.
• Analyze the ever-growing importance of the connection between environment and technology.

Introduction of Technology

Dekalb Academy teachers use technology in the classroom and computer lab to implement curricula in the program of studies. By incorporating technology in lessons and units, students are motivated to solve authentic problems, learn interactively, and share their newly formed understandings. Technology education experiences at the Academy are designed to help children learn and achieve the educational goals of the total school program. These experiences orient pupils to technology, develop psychomotor skill, and provide the basis for informed attitudes about technology’s influence on society. Technology-based activities, integrated into the total school curriculum, motivate pupils and reinforce learning while pupils gain a technological awareness.

Technology Program

Here is a look at the highlights of 2008-9 school year