Both
middle school and high school students have access to
our new media center and library resources which include
periodicals, reference materials, fiction, educational
videos, and Internet access.
Computer
Resources
Student
Accounts
All
Bethany students have individual, password protected
network accounts and their own disk space for storing
computer work and projects. All data is backed up nightly.
Broadband internet access is available throughout the
school with active pornography filters in place.
Computer
Labs
BCS has three computer labs: a main teaching lab with
25 workstations, a second lab with 24 workstation, and
a multipurpose room that includes 12 workstations. Both
high school and middle school classes can use these
labs for classes or projects.
Media
Center Workstations The
library has 12 student workstationsclasses may
use these for Internet research or students may use
them during study halls. If
the library computers are full and there are no classes
in the computer labs, the labs may also be used by students
during study hall.
Special Services The
special services room has 4 student workstations running
for students to use during structured study time. These
machines include assistive software for a variety of
learning styles.
High
School Classrooms Several classrooms have student workstations for
assignments in the room. The Chemistry/Physics lab is
equiped with 10 wireless laptops with specialized software
and interfaces for student use in laboratory assignments.
Middle
School Classrooms Each middle school classroom has at least 2 student
workstations. In addition all middle school students
have access to the Media Center and all computer labs.
Multimedia
The
school currently has 5 fully functional multimedia carts
that can be used in classrooms to project computer,
DVD, VHS, or cable TV multimedia content. In addition
the computer labs, multi-purpose room, and both middle
school and high school geography classrooms have perminantly
mounted projectors and screens for media presentation.
Technology
Classes
Keyboarding This basic class is required of all students. Keyboarding
skills are taught to improve accuracy and speed on computer
keyboards.
Computer
Applications Students are taught the use of Microsoft Office
to create Power Point presentations, Access databases,
Excel spreadsheets, and Word documents.
Advanced
Computer Applications Students learn a variety of applications depending
on their interests. Possibilities include computer programming
(BASIC, C++, php and SQL database programming); Website
design and publishing using Macromedia Dreamweaver and
Flash; digital graphic design using Adobe Photoshop;
or Geographic Information Systems and Digital Mapping.
Computer
Programming Students learn basic programming skills using Pascal
and Robolab.
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