Technology at Gow

Dynamic and leading edge, technology at Gow is developed for the benefit of students and selected for its appropriateness rather than its trendiness. It is then integrated throughout the curriculum and the campus, providing a unified platform that allows teachers and students to connect seamlessly.

Assistive Technology

Each student receives a laptop with all of the assistive software he or she will need as well as instruction in how to use it. What students use—and how much they use it—depends on what works best for them. Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech-to-text, Kurzweil text-to-speech, and Inspiration concept-mapping software are the most often used. Along with other assistive programs, they help with reading and writing remediation as well as in other subjects, where they remove language-based impediments to learning.

"Assistive Technology is a tool that levels the playing field for students with learning disabilities. We bring assistive technology into every classroom in an effort to support the various departments throughout the school." Jim Kaufmann, IT Department

Technology in the Classroom

All Gow classrooms are equipped with Dell 75” 4K Interactive Monitors, and all teachers are equipped with tablets, allowing them to walk around and work with individual students while wirelessly displaying on the monitor. 

The Alice R. Gow STAR Center

Responding to many dyslexics’ talents in creative, hands-on, and visual-spatial areas, Gow created this facility to enhance our already strong programs in science, technology, and research (STAR). The building houses classrooms, an engineering lab, seminar space, and a Computer Numeric Control (CNC) vertical milling machine and simulators 10-ton press that can bend titanium armor, pro lathe.  The CNC machine enables robotics students to create more complex robots for the BotsIQ competition. 

Technology’s benefits are also evident elsewhere in Gow life: technology-rich courses, such as graphic design, broadcast journalism, and videography; the innovative flipped classroom, employed by several teachers; and Microsoft Teams chats between students and their families. Everywhere technology use is driven by the curriculum and an understanding of student needs and interests. 

students outside in science class