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Grant Funds High-Tech Upgrades in Schools
on August 19, 2009
When school starts on Aug. 24, high school students in an Ohio district will get the chance to design their own films in an integrated unit which includes language arts, math, science and social studies, the Journal News reports.
A $700,000 grant awarded to New Miami Local Schools in January has allowed the district to bring in new technology and software to enhance teaching and learning in the classrooms. Every teacher in the district received a kit that includes a video camera, an iPod and a laptop. Along with 600 laptops, smart boards with educational interactive software have been purchased for each classroom.
The money was awarded to the district by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Subcommittee of the Partnership for Continued Learning, chaired by Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
“Our goal is for each student to have his or her own wireless laptop while they are at school,” said Superintendent Melissa Kircher. “And we are on our way.”
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