According to the Richmond Register, schools in Madison County, Kentucky, will receive $158,000 from the state's Department of Education to purchase new technology. In using the new devices, teachers hope that communication between them and their students will be enhanced.
"The big goal for the grant project is to create collaboration between students and between students and teachers," said Tina Barrett, technology integration specialist for Madison County Schools. "We want to create an environment that fosters students’ abilities to be creative, collaborative and connected."
The grant money will be used to establish Next Generation Studios in the county's schools, which will connect the facilities to educational resources at the University of Kentucky and other in-state colleges, reported the news source. Therefore, teacher may connect to the higher education centers through l technology, such as a videoconferencing solution, a computer messaging program or a classroom projector linked to Skype.
Teachers with the county stated that the upgrades to technology are a necessity in this day and age.
"This is a direct response from Madison County Schools to the requests of our students and it gives our teachers the resources they need to be innovative," Drew Muntz, associate principal at Madison Central High School, told the media organization.
