In addition to freshly painted walls, Edmond Public Schools classrooms in Oklahoma will soon see an array of new technology throughout the district, the Edmond Sun reports.
By 2012, the school district plans to install interactive whiteboards and other technology in every classroom.
According to the district's director of information technology Richard Anderson, 60 percent of the classrooms already have interactive whiteboards, and it will cost approximately $1.8 million to outfit the remaining rooms, the Edmond Sun reports.
Additionally, the school district plans to install an overhead projector in 170 classrooms along with the 525 interactive whiteboards.
Anderson told the district's school board he believes interactive whiteboards are beneficial to the learning experience. It has also been popular among teachers and administrators, who often use their annual allocations on the technology, he added.
Schools that spend on technology, such as broadband connectivity, computers or an HDMI projector for classrooms, typically find they can create an environment that promotes hands-on learning and expands children's knowledge of tools they will use in the future.
