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Lakeland wins $60,000 technology award

December

Lakeland High School has been awarded $60,000 in technology and software as a winner of the Samsung Hope for Education essay contest.

English teacher Diane Travis submitted the winning essay, which was selected as one of 30 first-prize winners out of more than 8,000 applications.

“It just shows the efforts the staff is making to reach out and find new ways to get equipment to be used in the classrooms,â€? said James VanDevelde, district spokesman. â€œItâ€™s so exciting to be recognized and to receive this money.â€?

Here’s the winning essay (it had to be 100 words):

3 R’s, meet your new friends: the 3 E’s—Education, Excitement, and Enrichment, all made possible with technology! Today, teachers must be able to access the technology-rich world of our students and use it to educate. Camcorders, digital cameras, DVD/VCRs, Smartboards, computers – all enable our students to actively participate in their own education. Technology brings to life the information-retrieval possibilities that are at the heart of research and inquiry. Because “immediacy” and “relevance” are the keys to making education dynamic, we educators need technology to make the classroom a vital learning environment. This is the real “Hope for Education.”

This entry was posted on Friday, December 28th, 2007 at 4:47 pm by Diana Costello.
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2 Responses to “Lakeland wins $60,000 technology award”

Amy Voigt December 28th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Bravo Ms. Travis!
I am a fellow author of a winning 2007 Samsung grant from Wylie E Groves High School in Beverly Hills, MI. Congrats and have fun with your new toys! Check us out at http://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/Schools/High+Schools/Groves/

Cordially,

Amy Voigt
bob dixon January 4th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Hi Amy:
Congratulations on your award!
I noticed you used the words toys.
Can you tell me what toys you bought and what goal their purchase was to achieve? Was the goal in alignment with the goal(s) of your district and did you achieve them with money awarded?

Thanks

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