iting an entire essay on a smartphone.
To facilitate the BYOD process, families may purchase an Acer Chromebook directly from York School at cost (approximately $365 plus shipping and tax). Please note that these are estimated prices and are subject to change. If you would like to participate in this program, please contact Fana Oldfield in the Business Office 831.372.7338 x135 / email@example.com. We ask that interested families make their decisions by July 9 so we can order the appropriate number of Chromebooks and have them ready by August 1 for pickup. The total cost of the equipment will be confirmed at that time.
If purchasing a laptop would cause a financial hardship for your family, please contact Fana Oldfield by July 1 to discuss your situation. The School is prepared to assist families with payment plans or other accommodations for the purchase of a suitable machine.
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY (AUP)
All York students are required to sign and abide by the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and manage technology with respect, responsibility, and honesty. The AUP is included in registration materials sent to families each summer.
If you have questions concerning technology, please email Kevin Brookhouser at firstname.lastname@example.org.
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin
Research in the science of learning shows that hands-on building projects help young people conceptualize ideas and understand issues in greater depth. In the summer of 2014, York is creating a dedicated space designed to encourage hands-on learning, creativity, and innovation. With items such as laser-cutters, soldering irons, routers, and 3D scanners and printers, York students studying all subject areas – from science and math to history and art – will be able to apply what they learn in the classroom by creating things in the Shop.
Faculty members are brainstorming ways for students to take what they learn in the classroom and apply it to hands-on building projects. Teachers are encouraged to push the way they think about the space, to be creative, and to consider interdisciplinary uses. One group imagined taking the historical study of Carnival, engaging deeper in the topic in French, and then using the new space (and their math skills) to create floats or masks for a mini Carnival in the Commons! Stay tuned in the coming school year for more on the ways York teachers are engaging students now AND preparing them for the future.
York has been a leader in bringing a design thinking approach to education on the Monterey Peninsula. Design thinking is a methodology for creative and human-centered problem solving that empowers students to collaborate across disciplines and tackle authentic challenges while developing leadership skills. Recent events that address or incorporate design thinking include:
A presentation to students April, 2013 followed by a student workshop, led by Molly Wilson of the Stanford d.school
A public Think Forward Forum April 2013, featurning Molly Wilson, lecturer at the d.school at Stanford University; three York alums – Dan Long '98, entrepreneur, hedge fund manager and arts advocate; Dan Brehmer, Ph.D., '83, engineering physicist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Dr. Kimberly Stone, M.D., '99, surgical resident at Stanford University Medical School; – and Kevin Brookhouser, English and history teacher at York School.
A screening of Ralph King’s documentary film, "Extreme by Design," in Sept. 2013
The iLead & Design summer programs offered by Lyceum of Monterey in partnership with York instructor and Academic Dean Sean Raymond and the Monterey Institute of International Studies in the summer of 2013 and 2014.
A design-thinking workshop in March 2013 for 8th graders.
Students are encouraged to acquire the mindsets and basic tools for each stage of the design thinking process:
Empathize: understanding the needs of those you are designing for.
Define: framing problems as opportunities for creative solutions.
Ideate: generating a range of possible solutions.
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