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Middle school students at the Maryland School for the Deaf will have greater access to literacy thanks to a pair of grants from the Verizon Foundation.
On Tuesday, the school held the formal opening of the Verizon Literacy Lab at the Frederick campus to assist students in connecting the visual aspects of American Sign Language with written English. The new lab has 20 computers for students to use for research, complete class assignments and develop presentations.
‘‘Maryland School for the Deaf has had a long tradition of going after new technology, and the new technology now is SMART boards with computers hooked up to the Internet, that will help our students learn the English language,” Superintendent James E. Tucker said.
Last year, the Verizon Foundation awarded the school a $30,000 grant to create the computer lab for middle school students and this year gave another $35,000 grant to fund the school’s Connected Classrooms project, which provides print-rich environments in middle school classrooms.
By seeing text, lesson plans and even Web pages before them while a teacher is signing provides a great tool to help students increase literacy, according to school officials.
Assistant Principal Marsha Flowers praised Verizon’s generosity in helping students thrive in the classroom and prepare for tomorrow.
‘‘This fall, when the kids came back, they were all so motivated with such high spirits, and we’ve seen them read, write and gain so much,” she said. ‘‘We were concerned about the Maryland State Assessment, but with all this new technology, it has really helped them advance and we are all so proud of them.”
Middle school students at the Maryland School for the Deaf will have greater access to literacy thanks to a pair of grants from the Verizon Foundation.
On Tuesday, the school held the formal opening of the Verizon Literacy Lab at the Frederick campus to assist students in connecting the visual aspects of American Sign Language with written English. The new lab has 20 computers for students to use for research, complete class assignments and develop presentations.
‘‘Maryland School for the Deaf has had a long tradition of going after new technology, and the new technology now is SMART boards with computers hooked up to the Internet, that will help our students learn the English language,” Superintendent James E. Tucker said.
Last year, the Verizon Foundation awarded the school a $30,000 grant to create the computer lab for middle school students and this year gave another $35,000 grant to fund the school’s Connected Classrooms project, which provides print-rich environments in middle school classrooms.
By seeing text, lesson plans and even Web pages before them while a teacher is signing provides a great tool to help students increase literacy, according to school officials.
Assistant Principal Marsha Flowers praised Verizon’s generosity in helping students thrive in the classroom and prepare for tomorrow.
‘‘This fall, when the kids came back, they were all so motivated with such high spirits, and we’ve seen them read, write and gain so much,” she said. ‘‘We were concerned about the Maryland State Assessment, but with all this new technology, it has really helped them advance and we are all so proud of them.”