When the spring semester begins in January, students at John F. Kennedy High School in Mt. Angel, Oregon, will have new 13 Apple iPads to enhance their writing skills, the Woodburn Independent reports.
The Qwest Foundation, through the Oregon Educational Technology Cadre, has awarded nearly $10,000 in grants to help the school improve education through technology for its students.
"Our focus was writing still as the content area and how to address writing at the high school level and what their interests in technology would be and how to infuse the two,” Margo Williams, Mt. Angel School District director of special services, told the Woodburn Independent. “So we decided on iPads."
The iPads can be used in conjunction with an HD-TV, LED monitor or classroom projector to provide students with a firsthand experience with some of today's cutting-edge technology and create a learning environment that encourages student participation.
The iPads will be shared between two classrooms - a language arts class and a social studies class.
Several schools across the country are investing in iPads to put new technology in the hands of students. The Palm Springs Unified School District in southern California recently announced it will purchase 210 iPads for high school students, the Desert Sun reports.
