Technology
NCDS has an extensive technology program dating to the mid-1990s. The middle school technology program includes a one period course in which students are introduced to the uses of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), Macromedia Flash, the Internet, etc. The technology course is often used in conjunction with students' science, math, or history classes in teaching research skills and data analysis. In the upper school, all new students receive a laptop as part of the technology program. Laptops are integrated into most classes, whether it is for note-taking, project presentations, research, data analysis, computer-aided experimentation, or online language labs. All students and faculty have school email addresses via the FirstClass email client, which is used as an additional line of communication for assignments or out-of-class discussions.
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