Technology

The development of a comprehensive computer network at Stuart Country Day School provides a virtually unlimited array of resources and information to the community. Network file-sharing, automated library systems, CD-ROMs, online services, electronic mail, and most particularly the Internet/World Wide Web. These computing resources are designed to support the instructional, research, and administrative activities of this academic community.
The Internet is an electronic highway connecting thousands of computers all over the world and linking millions of individual subscribers. With the Internet, teachers and students now have access to:

• Electronic mail communication with users all over the world;
• Current and up-to-the-minute information;
• Pictures, movies, sounds, and text from research institutions, organizations and museums;
• Public domain software and shareware of all types;
• Discussion groups and news-feeds;
• Worldwide public and academic libraries, including the Library of Congress.

The purpose of having Internet access at SCDS is to promote the objectives of the school by providing access to the vast educational resources available on the Internet, to promote academic collaboration as well as to augment independent learning through the use of current technologies. These resources, and those that will add functionality to the network in the future, place an enormous responsibility on all users.