Center School to receive iPads through tech grant

The Center School was one of ten schools in the Seattle School District to receive mobile carts packed with either 15 iPads or 30 iPods for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year through a grant that supports technology in the classroom. The winning schools were announced last week, after the District’s Instructional Technology team wadded through more than 50 applications from teachers and administrators, including proposals explaining how they would best use the new technology in the classroom.

The grant recipients are:

iPod:
Denny Middle School
Sand Point Elementary
Alki Elementary

iPad:
North Beach Elementary
Pathfinder K-8
Orca K-8
Lowell Elementary
Center School
Kimball Elementary
Eckstein Middle School

In addition to the iPads/iPods, schools will receive professional development over four days during the summer, three follow-up sessions during the year, and Instructional Technology support for their curriculum projects during the course of the school year.

For more information on the winning proposals, and how these iPad/iPod grants will be implemented in the classroom, check out the Seattle Public Schools’ Instructional Technology Blog.