Virginia District Adds New Technology To Classrooms

The Newport News (VA) Daily Press (8/31, Shalash) reports that schools in the Newport News, VA, district "have been gradually investing in adding new devices to their lineup of learning tools over the past few years," and this school year there will be new tools like "interactive whiteboards," science lab tools like "electronic sensors that collect data including air pressure, pH levels, sound and light levels," around 300 iPads, 120 Kindle e-readers, and other tools including "digital cameras, student response systems (used for polling and quizzes), video cameras, graphing calculators and 3-D overhead projectors."