McLean School of Maryland
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Technology
Welcome to the McLean School Technology Program!
- Our students learn to be successful using the latest
technology in our computer labs, resource room, library media
center, and classrooms.
McLean students:
- Approach learning with great enthusiasm
- Have access to up-to-date resources, materials, and tools
- Have many opportunities to master the skills needed for today's technologies
- Are encouraged to choose the tools that best fit their needs and learning styles
It has been our goal to integrate technology totally into the academic curriculum.
- Program Goals
- Computer Curriculum Highlights
- Extra Curricular Computer Activities
- Student Projects and Publications
- Internet Safety
- Selected World Wide Web Resources
Program Goals
- Support students with different learning styles
- Integrate technology into all aspects of student life
- Provide an interdisciplinary learning environment
- Encourage student creativity and cooperative learning
- Provide skillbuilding in information handling, problem solving, and communications skills
- Promote sequential and logical thinking through the curriculum
Computer Curriculum Highlights
- Kindergarten
- Kinderfirst
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grades 9
- Grades 10
- Grades 11
- Grades 12
- Basic Computer Operation
- Simple Graphic Reports
- Music and Sound Effects
- Pictures, Words, and Sound for Communication
- Math and Reading Readiness
- Simple Illustrated and Factual Reports
- Music and Sound Effects
- Pictures, Words, and Sound for Communication
- Math and Reading Readiness
- Basic Skills Reinforcement
- Simple Illustrated and Factual Reports
- Animated Stories and Reports
- Save, Edit, and Refine Projects
- Using Predictive Strategies
- Introductory Keyboarding Software
- Basic Skills Reinforcement
- Multimedia and Paper-Based Projects
- Illustrated Information in Slide Shows
- Illustrated Web Page Creation
- Graphing and Mapping
- CD-ROM Web Research
- Touch Typing Games
- Basic Skills Reinforcement
- Spell Checker, Thesaurus, and Genre Formatting
- Presentations with PowerPoint
- Multimedia and Digital Photography
- World Wide Web Page Design
- Graphs, Charts, Timelines and Webs
- Evaluating Resources and Sources
- Using Select Internet Resources
- Keyboarding
- Newsletter and Poetry Magazine Editing
- Multimedia and Digital Video Photography
- Television Studio Broadcasting
- World Wide Web Research Projects
- World Wide Web Page Creation
- Timelines, Webs and Outlines
- Evaluating Resources, Sources and Simulations
- Keyboarding Skills
- Desktop Publishing
- Stage Cast Creator Programming and Critical Thinking Skills
- Graphs, Charts, Maps, and Timelines
- WWW, CD-ROM Research Projects
- Inspiration Webs and Outlines
- Digital Photography
- Online Safety and Responsible Use
- Touch Typing Skills
- Desktop Publishing-Newsletter and Covers
- PowerPoint Research Presentations
- Digital Photography
- Copyright, Plagiarism, Online Safety
- Access and EvaluateWorld Wide Web Resources
- Touch Typing Skills
- Big 6™ Research Skills
- Computer Vocabulary and History
- Research Based Presentations
- Editing Digital Photography
- Online Safety, Intellectual Property and Copyright Issues
- Touch Typing Skills
- Big 6™ Research Skills
- Introductory MS Word and Desktop Publishing
- Microsoft Word - Advanced Skills
- Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets, Graphs and Charts
- Microsoft Publisher projects
- HyperStudio Multimedia Presentations
- Webs and Outlines to Organize Research Data
- Research Techniques and Plagiarism Issues
- Digital Photography Manipulation
- Touch Typing Skills Reinforced
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 Computer Electives
- Introduction to Computer Graphics
- Adobe Photoshop Basics
- Illustrator Effects
- Basic Animation
- Desktop Publishing
- Design Concepts
- Copyright Issues
- Advanced Text Formatting
- Digital Images
- Electronic Publishing
- Introduction to Computer Animation
- Flash Animation
- Timelines and Layers
- Computer Paint Program
- Audio Effects
- Interactive Movies
- Introductory Web Page Design
- Planning and Designing sites
- Creating Web Pages in HTML
- Site Navigation
- Advanced Site Features
- Advanced Web Page Design
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Forms
- Interactive Pages
- Java Script Elements
- Advanced Graphics and Multimedia
Extra Curricular Computer Activities
Lower School Digital Photography Club
- Students in grades 3 and 4 regularly take digital photos of school events. They meet during the school day to plan photo shoots, to use computers to edit their photos, and to develop a wide variety of visual displays and web pages to share their work with others. View one of their projects by visiting our Fall Festival Photo Page.
Lower School Tech Team Assistants Clubs
- Students in grades 2, 3, and 4 meet during the school day in one of three grade level computer clubs. They share their expertise, review the latest technology information, and plan and carry out schoolwide, computer related, community service projects. Club members provide a valuable service by helping both teachers and students throughout each school year. Visit our TechTeam Assistants Web Page.
Lower School Video Production News Club
- Students in fourth grade meet during the school day to record and broadcast a morning WMSM-TV News Show. They serve as news, weather, special features and sports anchors. Members also participate as directors, camera videographers, audio specialists or iMovie editors. Students research and create scripts, film our news, and share this news with the entire lower school student body via our internal video broadcast system. To learn more about this club go to WMSM-TV News.
Middle School Robotics Club
- The Robotics Club meets two times a week during activity time. Students build motorized Lego Dacta robotics as well as other robotics kits. Some students choose to program their creations using the Lego Dacta RoboLab software. At the end of each quarter, we visit the Kindergarten class to share our creations and explain the process.
Student Projects and Publications
- Student Publications
- Class Projects
Internet Safety
- The Internet links thousands of computer networks around the world, giving students access to a wide variety of computer and information resources. In general, electronic traffic passes freely in a trusting atmosphere with a minimum of constraints.
- McLean School does not have control of the information on the Internet. We encourage all parents to develop an acceptable home use policy for the Internet outside of school.