We believe in technology working for man, not man for technology.
We recognize that children need to learn through engaging activities and developmentally appropriate lessons that stimulate the five senses. At CEA, technology is integrated into the educational process to enhance active learning, not to replace it. Our goal is to develop skilled, successful technology users who demonstrate the most effective, age-appropriate, responsible, and ethical use of technology tools.
Classrooms benefit from interactive Promethean boards that give faculty access to a variety of learning applications and tools and allow them to design dynamic and interactive lessons plans that extend beyond the walls of their classrooms.
iPads and laptops are available to all students on an activity basis. Fifth grade students take a Technology class to prepare them for the coming years. Upper School students participate in a 1:1 iPad program, specifically designed to foster creativity, problem solving, and digital citizenship. Applications are used for a large variety of purposes including composing music, researching information, creating presentations, and making deeper connections with their learning.
In 2014, CEA served as a national model for the success of its technology integration program when Lynda Hastings, former Technology Curriculum Director at CEA was invited to present a session at the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) 2014, an international conference that brings education leaders and technology experts together to exchange techniques and strategies for teaching and learning success. In 2015, CEA returned to FETC, when our current Educational Technology Coordinator, Christina Rajo, presented a workshop on supporting an interactive curriculum based on her work in the classroom with iPad initiatives that launched at CEA in Fall 2013. Each year, CEA teachers attend the FETC conference.
