Robert L. Patton High School in Morgantown, North Carolina, was recently awarded a state-sponsored grant intended to bring schools into the 21st century with new educational technology, reported local news affiliate WSOCTV.
The funding provided to the school will amount to $185,000, stated the media outlet. Aside from using the grant for educational technology purchases, the school district plans to train teachers in the latest epistemological techniques and advanced devices.
"We aren't far enough along to say exactly what all of the money will be used for," Angie Blalock, chief technology officer for Burke County schools, told the media outlet. "We are going to provide the instructors who will be responsible for teaching the new 21st century learning with their master's degree."
Furthermore, teachers may take their grant money to purchase educational technology, such as an e-reader, a 3D computer program or a
DLP projector.
Hamlet Middle School in Richmond, North Carolina, is another one of the 12 schools selected for the state grant program, reported the Richmond County Daily Journal.
