Tech
Transforming Education Through Cutting-Edge Technology at All Saints
Dynamic Curriculum for 21st Century Learning
At All Saints, the core of our exceptional educational experience is a robust, challenging, and dynamic academic curriculum. We take pride in being an "Anytime Anywhere Learning" environment, where each child's highest learning potential is not confined to the classroom or limited by school hours.
Harnessing State-of-the-Art Educational Technology
We provide our students with access to age-appropriate, state-of-the-art tools, enabling them to harness technology in powerful ways. Our goal is to help them become exemplary technology leaders by deliberately identifying, investing in, and integrating educational technology that facilitates learning and enhances performance. This commitment places All Saints at the forefront of technology integration in education.
Preparing Students for the Digital Age
Recognizing that our students are digital learners and multitaskers of the 21st-century media culture, we emphasize the importance of becoming responsible, aware, proficient, and productive IT users. Our curriculum is designed to serve students interested in diverse fields such as art, programming, music, and video, fostering an all-inclusive technological environment. By the end of the school year, students will be equipped to identify the best technological tools for various tasks.
Project-Based Technology Curriculum
Our project-based Technology Curriculum covers a variety of topics, from digital image editing, podcasting, and video editing to collaboration and productivity tools.
Procedural Proficiency: Students achieve significant comfort with specific skills and applications, becoming adept at executing tasks, troubleshooting, and navigating tools. They develop a solid conceptual grasp and effectively put concepts into practice by completing projects.
Integrated Use of Technology: Technology is used to enhance and facilitate the understanding of various subjects, making learning more interactive and engaging.
Digital Citizenship: Students become mindful of the social and ethical aspects of technology, learning about cyberbullying, Internet safety, copyright, and fair use.
Communication Skills: Emphasis is placed on the ability to verbalize technology concepts. Students are expected to explain concepts, conduct demonstrations, and collaborate, providing oral guidance to peers during project periods.
Utilizing Advanced Tools
All Saints utilizes Google Workspace and approved third-party tools to support our students' learning, ensuring they have access to the best resources available.
By integrating these elements, All Saints ensures students not only achieve academic success but also become proficient in essential technological skills, preparing them for a future where technology plays a pivotal role.
The apps and third party vendors included in this brochure are part of All Saints Core Suite. Licenses have been purchased for the 24-25 school year for many of these applications while others are free for educational purposes. All Saints takes student data privacy seriously and is in compliance with regard to state and federal requirements including COPPA, CIPA, FERPA, and SOPIPA.
The apps and third party vendors included in this brochure are part of All Saints Core Suite. Licenses have been purchased for the 24-25 school year for many of these applications while others are free for educational purposes. All Saints takes student data privacy seriously and is in compliance with regard to state and federal requirements including COPPA, CIPA, FERPA, and SOPIPA.
Lower School Tech Curriculum
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3rd Grade
In 3rd grade, students are participating in collaborative projects and explorations. In class, they demonstrate safe use of technology while exploring new tools and sites. Using online tools such as Typing.com and Google Arts & Culture, they have the opportunity to explore the world. -
4th Grade
The main goals in 4th grade are to build keyboarding fluency, collaborate with classmates, and engage in a variety of technology-themed projects. By the end of 4th grade, students are introduced to several powerful tools for creating documents, posters, artwork, coding, and slideshows. -
5th Grade
In 5th grade, students continue to master the various tools they have been introduced to while learning to be responsible digital citizens. Key projects of the year include completing a Metropolitan Museum of Natural History Webquest, participating in collaborative writing with Google Apps, and creating videos with WeVideo.
Middle School Tech Curriculum
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6th grade
In 6th grade, students become familiar with the fundamentals of computers while honing their problem-solving abilities and increasing their self-sufficiency.
They learn to work both individually and collaboratively, cultivating a diverse technological skill set. Students reinforce operational skills such as file management and enhance their knowledge of the Google ecosystem.
They develop productivity and collaboration skills through the use of Google Calendar, Drive, Docs, and Classroom. Additionally, students explore digital image editing and podcasting, diving deeper into these creative areas. -
7th Grade
Students continue to reinforce the skills they learned during sixth grade. In 7th grade, they immerse themselves in either video production with WeVideo or web production with Web Central.
As part of this process, they create an interactive project for National History Day. This integrative technological experience not only enhances their technical abilities but also exercises their research skills. -
8th Grade
Our Eighth Grade Technology program is dedicated to the 8th Grade Entrepreneurial Experience. Students leverage their previous knowledge from All Saints to create a business or nonprofit.
Throughout the program, they develop a comprehensive business plan, produce a commercial, design a logo, create promotional posters, and manage a budget. Additionally, students build a website to effectively promote their product or service.
All Saints Day School
All Saints Day School, in Carmel, CA, is the only independent, private school on the Monterey Peninsula that focuses solely on educating students in Preschool through Grade 8, and has been doing so, with a reputation for excellence, since 1961.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
All Saints Day School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, or sex in the administration of its educational and employment policies, admissions policies, financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
All Saints Day School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, or sex in the administration of its educational and employment policies, admissions policies, financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.