| Kids don't often consider school to be 'cool' or | | | | to reach students who may be ill. Experts can be |
| 'modern.' Most of us remember school as sitting in | | | | instantly transported into the classroom via |
| a desk covered in 20-year-old graffiti while reading | | | | webcam and projected to classes in order to give |
| from a history text book that stopped at the | | | | guest lectures. Many schools have installed flat |
| Cold War. | | | | TVs in their classrooms, auditoriums and lobbies |
| Whether a result of a lack of funding or the | | | | as an unobtrusive way of getting useful |
| administration's aversion to change, schools are | | | | information to all students quickly. |
| rarely considered to be on the cutting edge of | | | | Technology opens up a wide avenue of |
| technology. Yet more school administrators are | | | | possibilities for making education more interactive, |
| realizing the educational benefits modern | | | | engaging and convenient to students and |
| technologies offer students. | | | | educators alike. Yet getting new technology in the |
| This attitude shift began with the introduction of | | | | classroom can be difficult. Educators must often |
| the Internet in the 1990s. The Internet's | | | | jump through a variety of hoops in order to get |
| possibilities in terms of learning and education | | | | their proposals approved. |
| were quickly realized, and computers with | | | | Fortunately, some technology providers recognize |
| Internet connections soon became widely adopted | | | | this difficulty and can help school administrators |
| by many school systems. | | | | get the technology they need to update their |
| Outfitting an educational institution with the latest | | | | school. Mounting solutions provider Chief |
| technology makes sense in many ways. Today's | | | | Manufacturing provides a variety of tools on its |
| youth is accustomed to technology: they use | | | | website to facilitate school bids for new |
| cellular phones to communicate, mp3 players to | | | | technology. |
| listen to music, laptops to do their homework and | | | | Chief provides an interactive Virtual Classroom |
| the latest video game consuls for their | | | | which allows educators to design an ideal |
| entertainment. This generation is comfortable with | | | | projection system with projector mounts, flat |
| technology, thus it logically follows that technology | | | | panel mounts, and mobile flat panel carts. |
| may be a useful tool in connecting with and | | | | Educators can then get assistance with an easy |
| teaching them. | | | | bid request form to ensure they have all of the |
| A wide variety of different technologies have | | | | information necessary for a quick bid turn. |
| been used in classrooms around the country. | | | | With new technology in the classroom, educators |
| Software programs such as modeling applications | | | | can engage students in new and exciting learning |
| can help students understand math and science. | | | | endeavors and bring education into the modern |
| Educators can podcast lessons or text information | | | | technological era. |