Technology and Educational Links
Oratory is a school with cutting edge technology. Each faculty member is equipped with a laptop and an iPad, along with the software tools and training needed to help students learn, keep grades up to date and keep parents informed.
Families purchase the laptops of their choice for their students, and those laptops are registered to use the OP student network. Students use Windows or Apple computers, and our network allows either. Any Windows or Apple laptop made in the last few years should work well. Students are required to keep up-to-date malware protection on their computers. We also highly recommend that families carry accidental damage insurance policies on their sons' computers.
The network is protected by filtering out inappropriate sites, but it provides plenty of bandwidth for students to access needed resources. Through NetClassroom, students and parents can keep track of homework assignments, coming assessments and grades. Parents can easily e-mail teachers through the parental NetClassroom accounts (there are separate accounts for students and parents, and the parental accounts let them look at their sons’ accounts as well). Many courses feature online textbooks and support materials. We also provide access to an online databases, Ebscohost, which has extensive resources (vetted by professionals) for student research projects and for digging deeper into subjects that interest them.
Students have the experience of learning in a media rich classroom. Whether it's watching a clip from the internet that connects with course curriculum or engaging students via our newly installed Epson Brightlink interactive projector technology, Oratory offers the finest environment enhancing learning through technology. A wireless network is available throughout Bain Hall and another in DeGaeta Hall, so that students can access the Internet anywhere in the school, at any time.
Oratory Prep has a school Google account which provides a number of significant benefits to our community. Every student, teacher, administrator and staff member has an Oratory prep e-mail address and a Google Docs account. This enables easy collaboration on group projects as well as the ability for students and teachers to share documents, thus taking away the need for a lot of the printing that used to be done in schools. There are a number of other resources from Google, such as Google Classroom that allows teachers to create a learning space for each class section, enabling online discussions and a place to turn in assignments.
All these technologies work together to keep Oratory students moving forward to their adult lives, where technology will be used on an increasingly day to day basis. It's another reason why Oratory is a great place to learn in order to make a difference in the world.
Families purchase the laptops of their choice for their students, and those laptops are registered to use the OP student network. Students use Windows or Apple computers, and our network allows either. Any Windows or Apple laptop made in the last few years should work well. Students are required to keep up-to-date malware protection on their computers. We also highly recommend that families carry accidental damage insurance policies on their sons' computers.
The network is protected by filtering out inappropriate sites, but it provides plenty of bandwidth for students to access needed resources. Through NetClassroom, students and parents can keep track of homework assignments, coming assessments and grades. Parents can easily e-mail teachers through the parental NetClassroom accounts (there are separate accounts for students and parents, and the parental accounts let them look at their sons’ accounts as well). Many courses feature online textbooks and support materials. We also provide access to an online databases, Ebscohost, which has extensive resources (vetted by professionals) for student research projects and for digging deeper into subjects that interest them.
Students have the experience of learning in a media rich classroom. Whether it's watching a clip from the internet that connects with course curriculum or engaging students via our newly installed Epson Brightlink interactive projector technology, Oratory offers the finest environment enhancing learning through technology. A wireless network is available throughout Bain Hall and another in DeGaeta Hall, so that students can access the Internet anywhere in the school, at any time.
Oratory Prep has a school Google account which provides a number of significant benefits to our community. Every student, teacher, administrator and staff member has an Oratory prep e-mail address and a Google Docs account. This enables easy collaboration on group projects as well as the ability for students and teachers to share documents, thus taking away the need for a lot of the printing that used to be done in schools. There are a number of other resources from Google, such as Google Classroom that allows teachers to create a learning space for each class section, enabling online discussions and a place to turn in assignments.
All these technologies work together to keep Oratory students moving forward to their adult lives, where technology will be used on an increasingly day to day basis. It's another reason why Oratory is a great place to learn in order to make a difference in the world.
Download Google Chrome
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/
Sites to Bookmark:
launchpad.classlink.com/oratory
www.gmail.com
5897netclass.blackbaudondemand.com
classroom.google.com
Textbook Sites:
Cengage (Engineering I Honors, Engineering II Honors, Environmental Science AP)
https://login.cengage.com
Discovery Education (Biology I, Biology I Honors, Chemistry I, Chemistry I Honors)
https://app.discoveryeducation.com
Holt McDougal (Environmental Science, Pre-Algebra, Algebra I Honors, Algebra II, Algebra II Honors, Geometry, Geometry Honors, Spanish 7, Spanish 8, Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish II Honors, Spanish III, Spanish III Honors, Spanish IV Honors, Spanish V Honors)
https://my.hrw.com/
iLanguageArts (Intro to Economics)
http://www.ilanguagearts.com/njoratoryprep
Mastering A&P (Anatomy & Physiology Honors)
https://www.masteringaandp.com/site/login.html
Mastering Biology (Biology II Honors, Biology AP)
https://www.masteringbiology.com/site/login.html
Mastering Chemistry (Chemistry II AP)
https://www.masteringchemistry.com/site/login.html
McGraw-Hill ConnectEd (American Government , Geography, US History I, US History I Honors, US History II, US History II Honors, World History, World History Honors)
https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do
MyLab & Mastering (Statistics)
https://portal.mypearson.com/login
Vista Higher Learning (Italian III , Italian IV)
https://www.vhlcentral.com/
Useful Sites:
learn.googleapps.com
search.ebscohost.com
