According to the Herald Register, Trap Middle School in Glen Daniel, West Virginia, will provide netbooks to its students and teachers as part of a larger effort to integrate technology in the classroom.
The funding for the educational technology is provided by an Infusing Technology grant, a program that has served the middle school for the past two years, stated the news source. Each teacher will be given an IBM netbook that comes with the latest software and tools.
Additionally, the school will welcome the services of a full-time technology integrations specialist. The IT professional will work with each teacher throughout the year to help him or her implement educational technology initiatives in the classroom. Accordingly, the technician may pair the IBM netbooks with other devices, such as an e-reader, a internet-based learning program or a
DLP projector.
School officials claimed that proper technology training for students and teachers will ultimately dictate the success of the educational technology initiative.
"I think the [technology integration specialist] helping to put it into day-to-day instruction will be the most important key," Raleigh County Board of Education president Richard Snuffer told the media outlet.
