1. Vision
The role of technology at Charlotte Country Day School is to support the
mission of the school, directly addressing each of the School’s key values.
Technology is a vehicle through which diverse information and ideas can be
located, evaluated, applied, and shared in both personal and academic
pursuits. To that end, technology is integrated into the daily life of the
School community through authentic and ethical experiences that promote
learning, communication within and beyond the School community, and
service opportunities that address social, environmental, and global issues.
Our shared goal is to help students and faculty to develop a sense of control
over technology while preparing them to work in diverse teams and to be
technologically literate as they explore issues, challenges and new directions.
We give students and faculty the resources to respond intelligently to
evolving technology here at our school and for their years beyond.
Technology at Charlotte Country Day School

2. JK-12 Technology Goals
1. Ensure that technology is an integral part of
curriculum planning, instruction, and classroom
management.
2. Design and carry out a comprehensive
professional development program for faculty,
staff and administration.
3. Standardize JK-12 Technology Continuum
4. Provide superior infrastructure, software and
Information Systems support
5. Foster active research in current educational
technology trends and innovations

3. US Technology Committee
Erin Springfield (CS)
Matt Less (Admin)
Eileen Neville (Admin)
MaryBeth Luxton (IT)
Ryan Knick (Media)
Donna Campbell-Patrick (Science)
Katie Jolly (ML)
Rick Hackett (Math)
Tim Waples (English)
Tony Lambardino (History)
Zhenya Arutyunyan (History)
Chris Rydel (FA)

4. 21st Century Skills
Creativity
Innovation
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Communication
Collaboration
Global Awareness
Life and Career
Tools
Knowledge Base

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Haiku
Learning Management System

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Haiku Learning’s online annotation enables paper-free grading
with a virtual pen. Students hand in assignments online, you
open, annotate and grade homework straight from your browser.
Paperless Grading

8. Class Website
Frustration-Free Classroom Websites
Quickly create pages, add blocks of interactive content, and publish
for your students and their parents to access.

9. The Whole Web in Your Hands
You can use interactive content from dozens of external web
services—from TED talks to Google Maps—in your class, allowing
students to easily access the resources they need in a contained and
focused environment.

10. Collaborative Projects, Wiki-Style
Using Haiku Learning’s WikiProjects, students can work together as an entire
class, in groups, or as individuals to post text, links, photos, videos, and more
to project pages within your classroom website.

11. Safe, Spam-Free Communication
Haiku Learning’s internal messaging system works just like email, but unlike
email it’s completely secure and spam-free. Need to get the word out quickly?
With Haiku Learning you can post reminders and announcements that won’t
go unnoticed. Students will see notifications as soon as they log in to Haiku
Learning, but can also be notified via text or email.

12. See the Big Picture
While other systems organize by lists, Haiku Learning’s portal provides
students a big picture view of the latest scores, assignments, grades,
announcements, and activity in all of their classes.

13. Easy ePortfolio
Creating and maintaining an student portfolio may seem hard, but our
ePortfolio streamlines the process so your students can easily capture
content from any of their classes to showcase in their personal portfolio.
Schools and districts can create templates to kick-start the creative
process, and portfolios can be exported as a portable website in HTML.

14. Assess Knowledge with Ease
Poll, quiz, and examine what your students know with easy to create
assessments. Use multiple question types including true/false, multiple
choice, fill in the blanks, and short answer/essay.

15. 21st Century Skills Professional Development Workshop
Professional Development for Educators
Class/Student Communication
Presenting and Publishing
Finding and Making Use of Content
Content Management
iPads in Education
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