技术

7项清单.

• 科技使命宣言

  To infuse technology into the NDP experience in order to enrich our students’ learning, 拓宽他们看待世界的视角, and empower them as they move beyond our walls while encouraging and promoting 21st-century technology skills 数字公民.

• 技术资源

  The NDP community uses PrepNet (a Blackbaud learning management system) for teacher and student communication. Teachers and students continue the learning/instructional program even in the event of school closures due to weather or other unforeseen events. PrepNet brings all course content to each student’s personalized dashboard. It features a password-protected secure 协作 environment with tools like wikis, 博客, 讨论版, 期刊, 文件共享, 以及即时访问家庭作业和课堂课程.
  
  

  All students have on-campus and at-home access to a myriad of paid-subscription research databases through our 图书馆 Department 哪些能让学生访问准确, 每个核心主题区域的当前和过滤内容.
  
  

  除了在上层的1:1笔记本电脑课程, NDP在校园里有几个计算机实验室, 包括写作和出版的实验室, 建筑制图, 以及语言系的多媒体实验室. 这里还有一个苹果iMac实验室，用于照片编辑和平面设计.
  
  

  通过我们的STEAM计划(科学, 技术, 工程, 美术和数学), interactive projectors have been placed in all Upper Level classrooms.
  
  

  一个新的工程实验室于2011年开放, bringing computer-aided design software and a hands-on experience for imagining, 设计与创造. 继续与诺斯罗普格鲁曼公司合作, 约翰霍普金斯大学和陶森大学, the National Security Agency and other institutions in the Baltimore area engage our students with topics like computational linguistics, 编程, 网络威胁与安全, 隐私和数字公民, 仅举几个例子.

• 中级技术

  在中层, 学生可以使用各种ndp拥有的设备, including a laptop cart and standalone devices in the Innovation 技术 Lab. All Middle Level classes have access to these computers for application-specific programs in their classes. Students participate in a required Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program explained in the next section.
  
  

  所有中级教室都配备了互动投影仪, which allow students to be actively engaged in the whole learning experience. 教师开发的课程包含动手操作 creative problem solving and exploration for all types of learners – from those who are advanced in the subject and can quickly move from problem to problem – to those who need more time reviewing each problem-solving step.

• 中级BYOD计划

  NDP has a required Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program in the Middle Level. 学生们每天都会把电脑设备带到校园. 允许学生使用自己的BYOD技术, 学生可以做笔记, 执行研究, 在学生协作工作会话期间修改实时文档, access files and utilize their device before and after school for homework and studying.
  
  

  每年, devices that students bring as part of this program are registered on a separate wi-fi system for the BYOD program. Allowable devices include laptop or tablet computers with an attached keyboard running a fully supported version of Windows or macOS. 屏幕尺寸必须为11.6英寸或更大，设备必须支持5ghz Wi-Fi功能. Chromebooks and iPads are not permitted as part of our 2021-2022 program. 此外，不允许携带手机. These minimum requirements are re-evaluated each academic year and are published in advance.

• 上层技术

  The NDP community uses the PrepNet (a Blackbaud learning management system) for teacher and student communication. Teachers and students continue the learning/instructional program even in the event of school closures due to weather or other unforeseen events. PrepNet brings all course content to each student’s personalized dashboard. It features a password-protected secure 协作 environment with tools like wikis, 博客, 讨论版, 期刊, 文件共享, 以及即时访问家庭作业和课堂课程.
  
  

  All students have on-campus and at-home access to a myriad of paid subscription research databases through our 图书馆 Department, 哪些能让学生访问准确, 当前的, 并在每个核心学科领域筛选内容.

  
  除了在上层的1:1设备程序, NDP has several computer labs throughout the campus for technology-specific courses like architectural CAD drawing, 语言系的多媒体实验室, and an Apple iMac lab for photograph creation and editing and graphic design using the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite. 每间教室都配有爱普生互动投影仪, allowing students to be actively engaged in the whole learning experience. 教师开发的课程包含动手操作, creative problem solving and exploration for all types of learners—from those who are advanced in the subject and can quickly move from problem to problem to those who need more time reviewing individual problem-solving steps.
  
  

  Continued partnerships with institutions such as Johns Hopkins engage our students with topics such as computational linguistics, 编程, 网络安全, 数字公民.

• 高级电脑程序

  In 2006, the NDP Upper Level became a fully implemented wireless laptop learning environment. 为此目的, all incoming grade nine students are required to have fully operational laptop-equivalent devices running either a supported version of Apple’s macOS or Windows 10/11 operating systems.

   

  所有学生都必须参加暑期笔记本电脑夏令营

  以及为高中生活做准备的迎新课程, regardless if they purchased their devices through NDP’s program or not. 这些会议以先到先得的方式填写.

• 技术人员

  五名全职成员为NDP的技术项目服务, 包括一名技术总监, 副主任, 教育科技协调员, IT支持专员, 和一个服务台技术员.