Technology Department

Technology Education Faculty:

• Mrs. Debra Smithson, Accounting, Media Production, Information Technology, Business Principles
• Mrs. Deborah Williams, Middle School Computers

Technology Faculty

• Jill Chipelewski- Technology Technician
• Becky Taylor - Technology Facilitator
• Marla Bradley, North Country Website Design - Website Development

Middle School Career Learning Links

• BlackBoard
• Career Cruising
• Career Forward - Licensing restrictions require that Career Forward is only accessible within Forest Park's in school network.  If you need home use, we can make CDs that students can check out.

Technology Plan for the Forest Park Schools

• Technology Curriculum Overview (Appendix A)
• Acceptable Use of Networked Resources (Appendix B)

 

Computer Labs at Forest Park Schools

Business Computer Lab - The business lab is currently outfitted with six Macintosh computers. Five of the Macs are eMacs and the other Mac is a Power Mac G4 with a 17" Cinema Display. The eMacs are running Panther (10.3.9) and the Power Mac is running Jaguar (10.2). Some of the software that is on the eMacs include: iMove, iDVD, iWeb, iTunes, Final Cut Express, and Garage Band.

     The Business Lab also has 30 Dell computers with 20" monitors running Windows Vista Ultimate. Some of the software includes Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator CS,  Adobe Elements 3.0, Adobe ImageReady CS, Adobe InDesign CS, Adobe Photoshop CS, Acrobat Distiller 6.0, Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional, Adobe GoLive CS, and Audacity.

Midi Computer Lab - The MIDI lab has Mac Mini's running Leopard (10.5.5). The Mini's have 19" Acer monitors. Some of the software includes the iLife suite (Garageband, iMove, iDVD, iPhoto, iWeb), Safari, and iTunes.

High School Computer Lab - The High School Lab currently has 24 computers. These are HP computers. All of these computers are running Windows XP. Some of the software includes Microsoft Office and Audacity.

Middle School Computer Lab - The Middle School computer lab is outfitted with HP computers with 15" monitors. There is 28 computers in the middle school lab. These computers are running Windows XP. Some of the software includes Microsoft Office.

Elementary Computer Lab - The Elementary Lab has Dell computers with 15" monitors. There are 26 computers in the whole elementary lab. The programs on these computer include Type to Learn, Kid Pixs, Microsoft office and many more. These computers run Windows XP.

There is also a lab for the A+ Class.

 

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