IT Equipment at Berlin Cosmopolitan School
- About 120 PCs throughout the school
- Thirty classrooms with SMARTBoards (interactive whiteboards) and connected teacher PC
- Ten rooms in the Primary School are equipped with an additional PC for students
- Two computer labs each with 24 PCs and projector
- One class set iPads
- Twenty-five WLAN access points for school-wide WLAN
Features for Students & Faculty
- BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) for students from Grades 8-12
- Access to school WLAN for Grades 8-12
- Personal Office 365 account, school email address & license to install Microsoft Office products on up to five personal devices
Communication
- Email accounts for all students & teachers
- Communication with parents via forums & weekly newsletters on our learning management system (Moodle)
Through collaboration with various technology partners such as AixConcept GmbH, All4Teachers, MINHOFF GmbH & Microsoft, we have the ability to:
- Use digital workgroups to distribute educational materials
- Offer users the benefits of cloud computing/storage hosted on European servers that adhere to European and German data protections laws
- Allow teachers to centrally administer computer labs (start/pause applications, reset student passwords, etc.)
- Remotely deploy and administer software on all school PCs
Miscellaneous
- Regular training for teachers to learn to effectively use SMARTBoards and online tools
Medienbildungskonzept (Media Education Plan) of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School