Speaking on the subject of technological integration, Middletown, Ohio, City School District superintendent Greg Rasmussen noted that the technological abilities of today's students make the integration of new technology natural and effective, according to the Middletown Journal.
"Technology is pretty prevalent in most of our classrooms now," Rasmussen said. "It’s about trying to utilize technology to open the world to kids. You can bring the outside world in."
One advantage, as evidenced by the use of a tablet computer, interactive whiteboard or
DLP projector, for example, is the technology's ability to impart the same concept to a number of students clearly, efficiently and sometimes in a number of different ways.
Though schools in Middletown and nearby Fairfield have technology budgets in place, the majority of these funds goes to maintaining computer networks and to paying technicians. Most of the funding for classroom supplies, like laptops and tablet computers, comes from state or federal education grants.
Students aren't the only ones to benefit from the integration of new technology. Rasmussen noted that Middletown teachers have used tablet videos to share lesson plans and teaching strategies in an effort to develop better general practices.
