The Woods Academy has a state-of-the-art computer lab; the Rudnicki Lab is a tremendous resource for curricular integration, research and graphic arts projects.  The Upper School has two mobile laptop carts for students to use in the classroom.  Each classroom is equipped with an LCD projector. Our technology supports innovative learning. Students produce newsletters, reports, newspapers, foreign language projects and presentations using scanners, digital cameras, and digital video. 

Students start computer classes in Montessori that focuses on basic computer use.  Montessori students also play educational computer games that reinforce skills that are taught in the classroom.  The third grade class use Type to Learn 4 to develop their keyboarding skills. Fourth graders have the opportunity to participate in an afterschool computer club.  In this club students learn computer programming concepts through Scratch.  Scratch was developed by M.I.T. to help students create interactive stories, games, music, and art while using mathematical and computational ideas.  Fifth grade students learn about the science of robotics.  The Lego Mindstorm Robotics curriculum forms the core of the computer programming and robotics unit.  Students are challenged to design and program robots that will accomplish a variety of tasks.  The unit culminates with a robot design competition.  In sixth grade, students take a class to create digital media.  They learn how to create an electronic portfolio to show off their accomplishments throughout the year.  Students take digital pictures, scan documents, and learn basic web design principles.   Students also learn how to program a computer using Alice programming developed by Carnegie Mellon University.   These students create 3D animated stories.  Its lights, camera, and action in seventh and eighth grade.   Students learn about video production.  Students write scripts, use video cameras, and edit their work using Pinnacle Studios and Windows Movie Maker.  Students learn about different parts of video production such using a green screen and adding effects to video clips.