Integrating Technology to Impove Student Learning
Jul 8th, 2004From THE Journal …
West Virginia Works to Create a Statewide Technology Infrastructure With Student achievement as the Ultimate Focus of Leadership
Known for its rich mountain heritage, rugged individualism and coal-based economy, West Virginia is a rural and economically challenged state. But West Virginia is also widely recognized as a national leader, a state where education technology has been proven to advance student learning and increase academic achievement. How can this dichotomy be explained? How could a state with one of the lowest average incomes in the nation be transformed into the test bed for instructional technology, where documented research proves that when technology is implemented appropriately, students achieve?
