Mission & Vision

Technology at the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School transforms our learning community into a global 21st century environment for both students and staff. The proper investment and planning of technology integration into the curriculum and administration supports the district’s mission to remove all barriers to learning for students.

Mission

At BRCPS, we believe that the effective integration of technology into teaching and learning can:

1. raise student performance in core academic areas,
2. develop students’ ability to think critically, creatively, analytically and collaboratively,
3. prepare students to be competitive in a technology-rich 21st century global workplace,
4. expand students’ perspectives by connecting them to the community and the world outside of their classrooms, and
5. enrich our assessment practices to better monitor a wide range of student needs.

Vision

Reading Intervention Labs

Interactive Whiteboards

Mobile Laptop Labs

Project 21, (P21), is the Instructional Technology Department’s three year plan to transform BRCPS into a 21st Century school.

Our vision of a 21st Century School includes:

• 1:1 Laptops for Teachers: Every classroom teacher and selected support staff is issued a wireless laptop for at home and at work professional use.
• 1:1 Access for Students: Every child is guaranteed access to a computer to support and enhance their learning during the school day.
• 1:1 Mobile Lab: A class set of laptops is available for 1:1 wireless computing in classrooms.
• Global Classrooms: Virtual guest speakers and field trips, special events, and international friendships take place live in the classroom using VBRICK video management and TANDBERG video conferencing, streaming and storage systems.
• Multimedia Classrooms: Every classroom is equipped with an audio/visual system, including a projector and speakers to differentiate instruction through the use of digital media such as cable TV, DVD, and web TV.
• Interactive Whiteboards: Selected math and science classrooms are equipped with electronic whiteboards.
• Mobile Learning Devices: Mobile Learning Devices (MLD) such as smart phones and an iPod Learning Lab is available in our Media Center.
• BRCPS TV: Student and staff created media is shared and celebrated on BRCPS TV, including the 6th Grade graduation Eportfolios, and broadcast live into classrooms each morning by the WBRCPS VJs.
• Ebooks: The use of iPads and other portable electronic reading devices to differentiate the learning experience is explored through a collaboration between the Media Center and the Special Education department.
• Social Media and Cloud Computing: Online collaboration and communication tools such as wikis, blogs, and Google Apps for Education are used to support teaching, learning and administration.
• ISTE Standards-based Instruction: The Massachusetts Technology Standards and Expectations are mapped to a school-wide scope and sequence so that every child is able to demonstrate the achievement of 21st century technology skills at every grade level.

For more information, read our Technology Plan, or contact Ms. Lisa Radden, Director of Instructional Technology, at lradden@bostonrenaissance.org.

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