Ursuline’s technology infrastructure facilitates innovative applications for student learning and supports the operations of the school.

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Anatomy students work with 3D printed skulls and pelvic bones, using paints to identify bone-marks on the 3D printed models. They make small videos over the bone-marks to show their knowledge. Early in 2019, Ursuline Academy became the first high school in Dallas to acquire an Anatomage virtual dissection table: allowing students to explore virtual representations of the intricacies of real human bodies.  

In Anatomy, Biology, and AP Biology classes, students use Motic software to take pictures of slides they observe with digital microscopes, labeling the cells and structures on their computers. Students also make stop motion animation videos with their phones over cell transports and cell divisions.  

In the Engineering Design Innovation class, students use Logic.ly for circuit and logic design, Google SketchUp for architecture, TinkerCAD and OpenSCAD for 3D printing and design, and Python programming with drones.   

Other software tools include:   

• Students use WhiteBoard (MS) to individually post driving questions at the beginning of the units and reflect over the labs.  
• FlipGrid is used for uploading videos over projects and assignments. Students also leave comments on some posts to enforce their thinking.  
• Microsoft Sway for sequencing project progress and lab results.  
• Microsoft Stream houses videos.  
• Microsoft One Note is utilized for posting documents, student notebooks, collaboration space, and much more.  
• Kahoot, a game-based learning platform, is utilized for review classes.  
• Camtasia and ScreenCase, for creating flipped classroom videos that are posted to YouTube.  
• Internet access for webquests and virtual labs, Gizmos, and Pivot Interactives.  
• Vernier Probeware for data collection and labs.  
• Logger Pro to digitally collect data and automatically generate data plots during experiments, such as LabPro/LabQuest, CO2 sensors, pH sensors, force sensors, motion detectors, and photogates for labs.  
• Quizlet and Edpuzzle web sites for formative assessments.  
• App Inventor to design Apps and TinkerCAD for 3D printing.  
• Ck12 is used in Chemistry. Mastering Physics is used in AP.
• Students use Neo Notes for working problems virtually and viewing tutorials.  
• Dugga is used for digital assessments, Vimeo for flipped classrooms, and GooseChase for interactive lessons. 

Students in the Visual Art Department have access to Adobe Creative Cloud which is a collection of desktop and mobile apps used for photography, design, and video projects. Student will have access to the Adobe creative suite which includes Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Premier Pro.

Adobe Premier Pro video editing software is taught and used in the Filmmaking curriculum, as students learn to edit their own short films.

Other online applications used in Visual Arts include:

• Photographers’ Ephemeris for sun and moon position at any given time, date, and place
• Camera simulator for understanding camera operation
• Photo sharing to illustrate ideas
• Depth-of-field calculator to ensure proper focus
• Star Guide application to trace stars to be photographed
• Weebly.com for creating on-line websites for student art portfolios
• Voice-Thread, an online platform for uploading photos of artwork for recording/receiving audio feedback in collaborative art critiques, and
• Insight software is used by ceramic students to calculate and create unique glaze formulas

In English classes, students conduct research using online databases and sources in order to build their digital literacy. Specifically, they learn how to find relevant information, assess authorial bias, and format proper citations.

Additionally, students use an array of programs that make collaborative learning a seamless part of class. In particular, shared virtual spaces allow for real-time feedback on writing, efficient partnership on group projects, and eco-friendly methods for storing materials or creating portfolios.

As technology continues to evolve and change, teachers in the Ursuline English Department strive to stay up-to-date by attending trainings and sharing their own innovations.

Access to the library collection is available to students through the library automation system, Accessit. Through the catalog, students may search the collection, identify resources, place items on hold, and renew borrowed items.

Students have access to several e-book collections: Overdrive offers one-to-one circulation of high interest fiction and non-fiction titles to mobile devices including laptops, smart phones, e-readers and tablets; other e-book platforms offer unlimited access to resources for use in research.

LibGuides allows the librarians to curate specific resources for use by students as they are assigned research as part of the curriculum. The UA library subscribes to and provides access to many general-information and subject-specific databases for use in research. All databases are accessible remotely.

SSO (or single sign-on access) is provided to most library resources, removing additional login requirements for individual databases and providing ease of use for our students.

In U.S. History Class, students use the Ford Theater website and WeVideo to make videos using Lincoln’s speeches, and to create movie trailers of events in history.

College Counseling uses Naviance to transmit school supporting documents to colleges, to create surveys for students and parents, to post scholarships and other announcements, visits from colleges, to register students for AP exams and practice PSAT, SAT, and ACT test opportunities, to create reports for admission and scholarship data.