Turning universal and robust technology access into a springboard for dynamic learning and limitless creativity.
First recognized as an Apple Distinguished School in 2013, MKA provides dynamic, effective technology tools to support curriculum and instruction, communication, and professional development in ways that promote learning. Through its 1-1 initiative that provides Apple products to the entire community, MKA is committed to equal and ubiquitous access to technology, and students use technology to become more flexible, innovative thinkers and to understand and respect the moral and ethical issues related to their use of technology.
Students and faculty on all three campuses are excited about and engaged in using technology. MKA students and faculty are assigned a MacBook Air in fourth through twelfth grade, and students at the Primary School are issued iPads. These products have identical suites of software, ensuring a common platform for instruction, while Primary School students have access to iPads and a library technology space.
MKA LEARNER AND TECHNOLOGY
The MKA technology program is dedicated to nurturing curious, innovative, socially conscious learners
Our program instills the values and principles that make them reflective, ethical members of the global community
AI and new technologies enhance learning, equipping students and faculty with the skills needed to navigate a digital future and an interconnected world.
We teach students to think critically and act ethically in the digital world by emphasizing responsible technology use
Digital citizenship is integrated into the curriculum through dedicated workshops, assemblies, advisories, collaborative projects, guest speakers, and parent education sessions
Media literacy is embedded across disciplines, helping students evaluate sources, understand bias, and navigate today’s complex digital landscape
TECHNOLOGY & THE CURRICULUM
Veracross, the web-based course management system used on all three campuses, provides a student-centered, dynamic, interactive learning environment. Veracross allows teachers to gather and organize their course resources for student access and to provide continuity from one class meeting to the next providing a powerful communication and collaboration tool that enable teachers and students to share ideas, provide and respond to feedback, and build knowledge together.
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
MKA has secured a national reputation for excellence in the field of educational technology and is regularly visited by teams of educators from across the country interested in implementing 1:1 laptop programs in their own schools and districts.
MKA was designated the Spotlight School at the 2012 Laptop Institute in Memphis, Tennessee, where members of the faculty and administration led workshops covering professional development on technology integration, using students as Laptop Leaders, financing a laptop program, and using the Evernote application.
At a 2010 Faculty Tech Institute, teachers quickly saw the potential the Evernote app held for providing dynamic assessment and feedback. Members of MKA’s Technology Department and representatives from Evernote met to discuss both how the application could promote learning and how input from the school could help Evernote’s product development. Now Evernote is one of the most widely used applications in the school. It goes beyond allowing quick and easy capture of Internet research materials to enabling an MKA athlete to post notes by phone from the team bus, a Middle School drama student to have an annotated discussion about a character with the teacher, or a young scientist to record, caption, and analyze photos of a science experiment.
Intrigued to see its product in action at its flagship school account, Evernote came to MKA to film classrooms and interview administrators and representatives from the Middle and Upper School Student Laptop Leadership group.
