The US Government is finally starting to get involved in children’s education by distributing “technology bundles” to teachers who submitted grant application for one of three different bundles of electronic equipment. The bundles are part of the 21st Century Classroom Project, which was designed to upgrade classrooms to the digital era. The teachers had three bundles to choose from, each one specializing providing equipment, depending on what the classroom already has available. Some of the equipment provided included digital video projectors, interactive whiteboards, wireless remote controls, student and teacher notepads, and student response units, which allows the answers from the class to be displayed onto the screen. Karla McArthur, who teaches at Emma Sansom Middle School, said, “I just think when they interact like this, their retention is better because sometimes when you’re just standing up in front of the room asking them to respond to questions, they’re not paying that much attention.”

[via The Gadsdey Times]

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