According to the Richmond County Daily Journal, Hamlet Middle School in Richmond, North Carolina, is one of 12 institutions selected for professional development grants, which it will use to set up new technology and media educational programs.
The initiative,called IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, is designed to promote technological proficiency by the time students reach high school, stated the news source. The grant is valued at $186,000, and some of the funds will be used to train teachers how to implement technology learning in the classroom.
Among the new regulations established by the No Child Left Behind Act is a renewed focus in science, technology, engineering and math learning. To accomplish this, educators may use educational technology devices, such as an e-reader, a robotics kit or a
DLP projector, to teach thier students.
Teachers with the school system are confident the grants will give them the leg up they need to bring their lesson plans into the 21st century.
"It's a great opportunity for Hamlet Middle School and our entire staff. We will have an opportunity to find out better ways for us to incorporate technology into our instructional plan," principal Jim Butler told the media organization.
