Offering real life experiences is a goal of ours at J.R. Gerritts Middle School. We encourage our students to become life long learners and develop skills to help them take charge of their own learning and to create their own learning opportunities.
The Computer Applications Department at J.R. Gerritts Middle School is designed to prepare our students for the 21st Century. Students are engaging in technical applications more and more and we strive to make sure our students are ready.
We not only teach the technical abilities, but also the less concrete aspects. We teach our students how to critically think through a task, work in teams collaboratively and how to reach out to the global community using the technology readily available to us.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Lego Robotics: STEM Sport of the Mind

I found this article in the ISTE: Learning and Leading with Technology August edition. It is a great article supporting our class, Interactive Computing Strategies. "It's engaging and hands on, aligns with the NETS, and teaches students how to use digital age skills in the real world."
Check it out! http://goo.gl/T5XhT