Bishop Brady High School
Technology Mission Statement

Bishop Brady High School is founded upon the values of faith, learning and service.  It is the mission for students to explore learning and pursue excellence above the expected. Technology tools should enhance students to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and technology literate citizens.  We believe that these tools will be able to serve the diverse learning styles of our students, give access to information via technology, permit communications and collaborations, and make students proficient in the basic and creative technological skills.  We believe that these tools will be able to assist the faculty and staff with productivity and with instruction and that the use of technology in our school should support the educational experiences of our students.

Jean Murphy Barker Learning Commons 
 Media Center

                There are 14 stations available for student use and one shared printer.  Each station has Windows XP and supports Microsoft Office 2003 and Internet Access.  The library has online reference type services for students, faculty and families to access at school and/or home.

•         The Oxford Reference Resources
•         The Oxford Grove Art Encyclopedia
•         Encyclopedia Britannica
•         EBSCO, provided by the New Hampshire State Library
•         Noodle Tools - Best Search Engines
•         Destiny - BBHS Library Catalog
•         Atomic Learning - tutorials on common software

Off from the library is a media room that has 20 computer stations, printer and a SmartBoard.  This room is dedicated for teaching instructions, classroom research and student use.  Each station has Windows XP, supports Microsoft Office 2003, Adobe CS3 and Internet Access.  

Computer Lab

A computer lab is set up for the primary purpose of teaching the computer literacy course.  The lab consists of 20 terminal systems set up with thin client software.  Students logon to the system to access their data files as well as the application software.

The lab is also available during free periods and to the library when it has met its capacity or for students who are just coming in to make up work.

Art Room Portable Lab

Art Room has two IMacs computers, 10 Mac laptops, scanner and a color printer.  The Media Design course introduces the CS3 Adobe Suite which includes:  Illustrator, Indesign and Photoshop. Students learned the features of graphic design software.  The portable lab is also available for other classes when needed.

Mobile Laptop Lab

A mobile lab with 20 Dell laptops and a printer is available for classroom use. Students have access to the internet as well as use of Office 2003.  This lab is also equipped with 20 headphones when needed.

Classrooms/Faculty
                Each faculty member is provided with a computer in every classroom as well as a projector and internet access for instructional display.  Faculty utilizes presentation software to present lessons and use websites to communicate learning material to students.  TV and VCR/DVD players are also located in every classroom.

Interactive WhiteBoards
                Currently there are 5 interactive white boards.  Two are located in the Math Department, one in the Science Department, one in the Social Studies Department, and one in the Media Lab..  

Student Response System (Senteo)
                This system combines wireless remotes (or clickers), a receiver and powerful assessment software, so you can create planned or spontaneous quizzes and instantly tally responses.

Connectivity

All instructional areas and offices are connected via Cat5 to a central wiring closet located in the office.

Virus Protection and Backups
                MicroTrend Virus Software is installed on the servers and protects all networked computers.

Edline 

Bishop Brady subscribes to a service called Edline.  Student's classes are copied to Edline and teachers are able to create class web pages.  Students and parents are then able to view information posted by the teachers.  Homework, reports, grades, progress reports, quizzes, links, online discussion and other pertinent information are uploaded periodically.  Students are provided with a File locker to store their academic files. Edline offers communication link to parents and students.

Gradequick

 Gradequick is an electronic grade book that helps teachers to manage student achievement, attendance, class work and progress reports.  Progress reports can be uploaded to Edline for student and parents viewing.  Faculty can upload their files to Edline as a backup of their work or for access at other locations.

Online Resource for Technology Learning

Our subscription to Atomic Learning, www.atomiclearning.com includes nearly 50,000 step by step tutorials on common software, and workshops and tech integration projects on emerging technology topics, such as blogging and Internet Safety