Connected to the World
At Madeira, technology plays a central role in our everyday life, both in academics as well as in community interactions.
Philosophy of Technology Use
Integrating technology into our community provides us with vital learning and teaching tools, both inside and outside the classroom. The technology supports, enhances, and expands the educational goals already established by the Madeira community.
Our technology is extensive, with an installation of over one hundred computers on campus for student use as well as wireless network access in most of the major school buildings. This enables students to get their work done, either on school computers or on their own equipment. Girls can access their campus email and course content both on and off campus. Classrooms at Madeira contain a wide array of technology, including but not limited to whiteboards, Mimios, overhead digital projectors, and document cameras. All of the classrooms at Madeira have network and Internet access as well as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone.
Challenge 20/20
Madeira is a participant in the National Association of Independent Schools Challenge 20/20, a program in which independent schools in the United States are partnered with schools around the world. Schools work together via the use of technological tools to solve one of twenty environmental problems. Challege 20/20 is based on the environmental issues discussed by Jean François Rischard in his book, High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them.
In 2007, Madeira partnered with the Cloud Forest School in Costa Rica to work on the Challenge 20/20 project. The Madeira/Cloud Forest team's solution ranked in the top 15 internationally.
