Adults want to do something on their own, but want someone there to show them how to do it. In turn, then, the teachers are expected to develop their own philosophy of learning to determine how technology will help them complete the school s mission with its students. Gregori, at St. Thomas Academy s all-girl counterpart, agrees that technology is not a panacea or substitute for good teaching practices. If you think it s the only thing and is going to solve every problem, then you re in trouble. Our faculty is the biggest tool in getting knowledge across.
Total responsibility is on the teacher to utilize technology.
Technology offers the opportunity to fulfill the Catholic-school mission not only to prepare students for a global technology society, but also to instill and practice the values of one s faith. Providing values as guiding principles for the use of technology is part of the formation Catholic schools offer. Implementing technology involves teaching students how to use it in a moral way. For instance, students at Annunciation Catholic Academy are told they cannot bring in a program from home to put on a computer at school because doing so breaks a copyright law, which would be the same as stealing produce from a grocery store. ACA has no firewalls on its server to block access to objectionable sites on the Internet.