In sync with the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century, the Hebrew Academy recognizes the importance of technology in the educational process. For every subject and every program, we emphasize the integration of technology and modern communication techniques into the curricula.
The educational process is no exception to this rule. The Hebrew Academy provides its teachers and students access to SMART Boards and Internet connectivity in all elementary and high-school classrooms. Also, we offer our students various IT resources and we encourage technology use for notetaking, collaboration on various school projects, research, classroom and individual study. From science class to arts and from languages to Tanach – we are constantly striving to develop our students’ curiosity and critical thinking, by exposing them to the world at large in a monitored and guided environment.
In 2011-2012, we are undetaking a few initiatives, among which we are proud to note:
- an upgrade of our IT infrastructure: new laptops for the use of the students, maintenance and upgrades to our existing computers, faster and more secure Internet service
- improving the reliability of our network
- better IT tech support for all our operations
- implementation of a newly revised educational technology curriculum, fully integrated with the subject matters
- ongoing educational IT support and training for teachers and office staff in the use of computers, the Windows environment and common office applications
- development of technology pilot programs, followed by a general transition to the “cloud”, through the use of Google Apps for Education
- enhanced communication with our constituents, through emails, shared calendars, documents, forums and groups.
