Department of Educational Technology

New Paltz High School students in Alexis Mallory’s Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Engineering Design and Development (EDD) class recently presented their team capstone projects. Click to read all about them!

Students from the Advanced Film and Video class at the High School have an annual tradition of creating an entertaining skit that enacts memorable moments from the school year. Click to read all about it and for the link!

Middle School students in Randy Rosen and Jenny Denman’s Grade 7 English classes just wrapped up their Refugee Research project themed around “Finding the Helpers.” Click to read!

Duzine and Lenape Elementary Schools have become a wellspring of STREAM-ing education. This comprehensive, holistic, and unique educational approach integrates Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics, and allows students to apply their learning in real-life situations and reach conceptual understandings. Click to read more about it!

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Integrated Technology teacher Angelo Urrico has been creating a buzz with his visits to the classrooms at Duzine and Lenape Elementary Schools with some fun new technology—Bee-Bots! Mr. Urrico’s “hive” of programmable floor robots has introduced younger students to the basic concepts of coding with a colorful, hands-on approach. Click here to read more about it!

Grade 7 students in Krista Pachomski’s Project Lead The Way (PLTW) class, having practiced their real-world skills of invention, critical thinking, and problem-solving gained through the innovation of PLTW’s national STEM curriculum, have been using an App Inventor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to build a fitness app from scratch. Click here to read about it!