Northeast Dubois receives $86,000 Digital Learning Grant

chemistry-1-jesse-rosborough-(1) — Jesse Rosborough, NE Dubois’ Chemistry teacher, came from a school corporation that had already integrated iPads into the classroom. Students in his chemistry class use them during lectures as well as labs. <File Photo>

A Dubois County school received a grant from the Indiana Department of Education as part of the $1.8 million in Digital Learning Grants disbursed to select Hoosier school corporations today.

Digital Learning Grants provide funding for school corporations to launch or expand existing one-to-one technology plans. Additionally, funds from this grant support school corporations in providing professional development, creating content and resources, modernizing avenues for parent and student communication, improving infrastructure, as well as purchasing devices.

Northeast Dubois County received $86,000. Their efforts at supplying iPads to every student in the middle school and high school were written about here in 2013.

“I am excited to announce the recipients of the 2015 Digital Learning Grants,” said Glenda Ritz, Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction stated in a press release today. “The selected school corporations developed thoughtful, student-centered plans to provide 21st century learning experiences within their district. Today’s award recipients serve as models for other school corporations around the state in how to use technology in the classroom.”

Eighty-eight school districts applied for a 2015 Digital Learning Grant. Of those that applied, nineteen corporations will be awarded grants of up to $100,000.

The 2015 Digital Learning Grant recipients are:

Alexandria Community School Corporation $100,000
Decatur County Community Schools $100,000
Greencastle Community Schools $100,000
Greenfield-Central Community School Corporation $95,700
Greensburg Community Schools $100,000
Lanesville Community School Corporation $100,000
Liberty-Perry Community Schools $100,000
Manchester Community Schools $100,000
Milan Community School Corporation $100,000
MSD of Southwest Allen County $100,000
North Montgomery Community Schools $99,955
Northeast Dubois County School Corporation $86,000
Paoli Community School Corporation $100,000
Plainfield Community School Corporation $100,000
Sheridan Community Schools $100,000
Southwest School Corporation $97,000
Southwestern Consolidated Schools of Shelby County $100,000
Tri-County School Corporation $100,000
Valparaiso Community Schools $98,310