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  At St. Martin’s Episcopal School technology is but another tool that our talented teachers utilize to engage, instruct, stimulate, and challenge the minds of our students.  Like our teachers, our students are equipped with technology that aids them in their learning process.  In the past, a student’s world consisted of their classroom.  However, with the advent of the Internet and wireless technology, the world is now the student’s classroom.  St. Martin’s is a totally wireless environment that employs a state of the art Internet filtering system that is continually monitored and updated.

All Lower School classrooms have desktop computers and several have interactive boards and mounted projectors.  Capitalizing on the fact that students spend their recreational time playing with handheld game devices, PALM Pilots were introduced to students in grades 3- 5.  Now, with the introduction of NEO2s, our third and fourth grade students will learn keyboarding and word processing skills in their classrooms, aiding in the integration of technology into their daily lives.  Our fifth grade students will begin the year using Palm Pilot for activities in spelling, reading, creative writing, math and social studies.  The portability of this technology is perfect for our older Lower School students.   Tablet technology, added to the mix in the fifth grade classrooms, compliments the technology utilized in the Middle and Upper School.  A computer lab, located in the Lower School, is stocked with HP desktops, an interactive board, mounted projector, and color laser printer.  This resource is utilized on a weekly basis by students in grades PK -Fifth. 

Middle School students have classrooms boasting interactive boards, mounted projectors, and speakers.  This compliments the Toshiba Portégé M400 that each student is assigned.  Toshiba tablets were chosen because of their internal DVD drives, as well as their impressive reputation in the 1-to-1 technology education market.  The annual $700.00 technology usage fee includes the use of one of the tablets, a generous loaner program and on-site help for the students.  Beginning in the 2009-2010 all Middle School students will be purchasing a school identified tablet.  In early April the units will be listed on the school website with all the details concerning the purchasing procedures.

The 1 – to – 1 Technology Initiative in grades 9 – 12 is entering its second year.  Freshman, sophomores and juniors are required to purchase either a Toshiba Portégé M700 tablet or a Compaq TC2710.   The Compaq tablet was added to give older students the choice of an external DVD drive which helps lessen the total weight of the machine.  Seniors now have the option of utilizing school-owned technology for a fee of $700, or for $150 they can bring their tablet/laptop to school and take advantage of the technology resources available at St. Martin’s.  Beginning in the 2009-2010 all students in the Upper school will need to own school identified tablets. 

St. Martin’s decision to go with tablet technology stems from our commitment to help students identify their particular learning style and then to equip them with strategies and tools to make their learning experience positive and rewarding.  Students may choose to use the stylus in a handwritten format which is then digitized into various software programs, the built-in recorder, or for those that key information quickly, an attached keyboard.  In conclusion, tablet technology addresses the learning styles of all of our students, and is the superior tool for integration technology and curriculum in the classroom.