LFCDS seeks to leverage its investment in information technology both to enhance the education of our students and to facilitate access to information, administrative efficiency, and effective communication among students, faculty, administrators, parents and alumni.

Our recently upgraded facilities feature ceiling mounted, high-brightness, networked video projectors with amplified speakers and VCR/DVD players in all new classrooms (34 total). Combined with wireless Fujitsu LifeBook T4210 Tablet PCs in the hands of every faculty member, these projectors enable instructors to seamlessly integrate multimedia content, digital notetaking, and Internet-enhanced instruction into daily lessons. 

Educational Technology

In support of our educational mission, LFCDS offers thoughtfully chosen educational technology, including both desktop computer labs and mobile wireless laptop computers sets for in-classroom use, LCD video projectors for multimedia presentation, and a wide variety of instructional software applications. The LFCDS Educational Technology program familiarizes students with a variety of technological tools and gives them the ability to choose the appropriate technology to reach a desired goal. Whether it be the choice between word processing and graphing, between drawing a poster or presenting a multimedia show, between meter sticks and robotics, students leave LFCDS with both the technical skills to use technology effectively and, more importantly, the wisdom to know when to use it at all.

Information Literacy

Although the Library and Educational Technology programs are taught independently, the instructional personnel of both programs collaborate with one another to deliver the Information Literacy program in both the Lower and Upper Schools. The library exposes students to a variety of good literature at all levels, to non-fiction print and electronic resources, to the concepts of the organization of knowledge, and to the experience of tapping human resources (librarians) for help. The curricular concerns of Library and Educational Technology overlap at the point of Information Literacy, which LFCDS defines as the skills of finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing of information, whether in oral, graphic, print, or electronic form. The Information Literacy program is built on a series of processes which support curricular content in the traditional subject areas. The essential skills of the Information Literacy program are focused on developing the proper aids to complete curricular learning objectives, such as finding the right book for pleasure reading, using word processing, or searching the Internet for authentic sites and trustworthy information. The ultimate curricular goal of both Educational Technology and the Library is to give students the research and technical skills necessary to function effectively in an era of information overload.