The Oldham County Education Foundation in Buckner, Kentucky, recently awarded nearly $20,000 to local schools through its annual Pyramid Awards grants to fund projects proposed by teachers, the Courier-Journal reports.
With 22 of 36 proposed projects funded, the foundation is celebrating its most benevolent year ever, the news provider noted.
According to Rick Kirby, the foundation's president, many teachers this year requested funding for new technology to help bring their classrooms into the 21st century. Proposals included video cameras, Apple iPads, digital recorders, Amazon Kindles and more.
Kirby noted that teachers' preference for new technology shows they are on the "cutting edge of education." Educators can use technology, such as a laptop or tablet computer, in conjunction with an HD-TV, LED monitor or
DLP projector to create a learning environment that utilizes many of the tools students will need in the future.
The Oldham County Education Foundation was established in 1989 and began distributed Pyramid Awards grants in 1990. According to the foundation's website, it has awarded more than $160,000 to 341 teachers since 1990.
