Technology

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Our mission as the MCPS technology department is to prepare our students to become responsible citizens of the 21st Century and to provide them with the skills that they need to thrive in today's society.

Our district’s technology resources include:

  • McCracken 1:1 Computing Initiative - Apple 1:1 computing in all three high schools
  • More than 350 Mimio Interactive Whiteboard Systems
  •  More than 1000 PC student workstations
  •  More than 200 nComputing Thin Client Workstations
  •  More than 400 LCD classroom projectors
  •  More than 200 plasma flat-panel classroom monitors
  •  District technology support staff including on-site technicians and instructional technology facilitators
  •  Wireless Internet access throughout our buildings
  •  VOIP Avaya Phone System
  • KET Encyclomedia United Streaming from Discovery Education
  • Vanguard Team professional development- instructional technology fused with brain based teaching strategies
  • Ongoing professional development in technology integration & brain-based teaching strategies