1994 School Magazine

Girls' Grammar School 36nsbaiie 1994

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runORMA'ITON TECHNOLOGY he wheel of tech"o10gtc"I art"""ce not only rolls printing) are incorporated within the topic. The information on, btit seems to be picking Lip speed. Progressive technolo^, becomes a 1001 for the project and is not perceived as an entity within itself

schools need to be capable of "q!lickgeai'chdi?ges"to get The most out of their technology and not run off the Tails. Mere access to the technolooy is not enough. Brisbane Girls' Gram- mar School prides itself on The manner of Litilisation and in tearation of the Information Technology into all facets of the curtiCulLim BGGS still bases its information technology policy on providing our girls will} relevant and productive Information Technology experiences. The appropriateness of these experi- ences is judgecl in I\\, o ways I. Is the experience an industiy standard experience. I. e would the Qins find TITis experience in business, industiy or bioher education? Will they acqLiire skills and 1

L", Ag""ge L, ,boy"tool (Subject Area: Language) The language ciepartment has always been a nTajor user of information technology. Using the 11Ttiltimedia computer net- work, students participate in a wide range of activities, many

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involving the use of \, o1ce. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of oral skills an<1 spontaneity. Using combinations of text and voice, graphics and voice and even video and voice, the InLiltimedia langLiage facility ITas aroused interest both nationally and internationally Write, ' g""lib^ Test (Subject Area: Science) One Year 8 science class decided 10 enter the results of their group researclT project on the quality of various Brisbane waterways into a national science competition. This project

to design the bottle, its label and pack- aging this design achieved on the Computer Lising a variety of programs, (e. g. Corel Draw Photoshop and Ani- mator Pro). After be- ing given nTinimal instrtiction in Lising I the software, the I' ^ girls were given their creative free- do in. and as ex- pected produced outstanding results The skills in\, o1ved with using the tech- nology (i. e. colour scanning, learning the software, colour \\' a s -' .

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necessitatecl extensive researcll and testing by the students. The results of the tests, photographic support, and TITe students' interpretations and <115cussions were then incorporated into an interactive intiltimedia presentation. This intiltimedia presenta- lion served as a \, ehicle for' their ideas. A participant using the inLiftimedia application could explore 13 different sites around

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