Mountain View elementary school in Broomfield, Colorado, recently won a national science and math grant from the Dymo/Mimio educational technology company. More than 100 schools in the United States and Canada applied, and Mountain View won grand prize: 10 interactive whiteboard systems.
Officials at Dymo/Mimio lauded Mountain View's grant proposal as well-presented. "They won because they included a variety of ideas in their proposals," said Magen McGahee, Dymo/Mimio's leader of federal programs and district initiatives. "They had planned ahead to see how they would use it. It was kind of unique. A lot of time it's the uniqueness that makes it stand out."
To connect with a more diverse group of students, teachers can integrate HD-TV, LED monitors and HDMI classroom projectors into lessons. Actively involving children through technology allows teachers to cater to a wide variety of learning styles.
Teacher's believe the new systems, interactive white boards that connect to the internet, are especially useful for teaching children with special needs, and officials at the school have drafted plans to use the technology with deaf or hard of hearing students. Lesson plans that involve multiple senses engage these students in ways a traditional lesson cannot.
