Embracing Technology

Crane’s youngest students have only limited access to technology because their programmatic focus is on the primary skills such as reading, relationships, and integration with the rest of the campus.

Each classroom is supplied with a dozen iPads giving them a platform that takes advantage of a great many educational apps, gives controlled access to the internet, and gives students an even greater voice and choice in their learning path.

The Third Grade has a one-to-one iPad program with a shared iPad cart in the classroom. This allows each student to work at their own pace with the powerful education apps that are selected by their teacher.

As the expectation of writing, research, and presentation skills increase Fourth and Fifth Grade students benefit from more frequent access to technology. They benefit from a two-to-one program (one laptop for every two students) in the form of a shared laptop cart.

Upper School students have a one-to-one laptop program. Individual access to a laptop throughout the day and at home allows students to be even more active and engaged in the classroom and provides opportunities to collaborate with peers and work on advanced software programs beyond school hours.