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3. Additional Curriculum Area

Our school is dedicated to constant growth in the use of **technology**. St. Clement School utilizes the NETS (National Educational Technology Standards) for students, teachers and administrators in order to meet our curriculum goals. //The NETS provides us with the// // guidance //// necessary to assist our students in developing higher-order thinking skills and digital citizenship skills, which are necessary to work, live and contribute in our increasingly global //// community ////. //

Through all grades levels and across the curriculum, innovative uses of technology are implemented. Age appropriate scope and sequence of computer programs and applications are used to enhance student learning. Students are exposed to a wide variety of media tools and upon graduating from eighth grade, students are able to independently choose and use //appropriate technology tools to solve problems and// creatively design a projects that communicate //stated objectives//. Teachers and students in grades 1-8 use SMARTBoards, which provide the opportunity for differentiation. Students use student response systems for formal/informal assessment, voicing opinion, practice and review. IVC, Interactive Video Conferencing, is a tool that provides the opportunity to engage students by enhancing the classroom experience through distance learning by expanding the walls of the classroom to include students around the world. St. Clement School has participated, hosted, and collaborated in many types of IVC connections. For example: - meetings with experts such as a genetic counselor from Vanderbilt discussing stem-cell research - following the Lewis and Clark reenactment bi-weekly for three years - Art demonstrations including: fibers, recycled jewelry, pottery, blowing glass - Internet Safety for the 6th grade - monthly connections for professional development - literature-based connections - [|Read Across the Planet (RAP)] for grades 3-5. RAP is designed to promote reading and opportunities for classroom collaborations - MysteryQuest - This research game allows children in grades 4 - 6 to compete with other classrooms while learning about cities and countries around the world.

//Students start aspects of video productions as early as 4th Grade. Our upper grade students may choose to take digital video production or studio broadcasting classes.//

Media Literacy + research skills + We are in the third year of the four-fold **Media Literacy** plan that we have developed to : 1. Bring about an awareness of the omnipresence of media and its impact students and teachers, our families, and our cultures 2. Analyze practices of media, 3. Recognize the consequences of our responses to media, 4. Using media creatively to take responsible action.