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Technology hits rural school

MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS — Forget coloring books. Students have switched from picture books to Netbooks, from writing with pen and paper to drawing their own screensavers. On Tuesday, students in grades 4-6 got a primer on how to learn differently in the classroom, by way of laptops so small you can hold them in your hand. It’s the second phase of a project aimed at getting laptops in the hands of students in 24 Vermont towns, spearheaded by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, e-Vermont and partner Digital Wish, an educational nonprofit organization.

Publication Date: 
09/28/2011

e-Vermont Community: Middletown Springs

calendarBetween summer 2011 and spring 2012, e-Vermont is delivering an array of resources to improve Middletown Springs’s use of the Internet to achieve key community goals and welcome more citizens into the digital culture. Already, e-Vermont is working with Middletown Springs Elementary to bring 21st century educational opportunities to its students.

E-Vermont Gets IT Umph to 12 More Small Towns

The E-Vermont Community Broadband Project was the only applicant East of the Mississippi to be awarded federal stimulus money for rural broadband. This week the project announced both advances of 2010 and the names of 12 rural communities chosen for next year. E-Vermont doesn’t lay fiber cable; instead, it offers small communities expert help in making the most of existing Internet technology. The 2010 projects included, for 5th graders in Bristol, VT, new computers, training in making podcasts, and better integration of technology into the school curriculum.

Publication Date: 
12/23/2010