Funding 21st century resources for the NTHS Special Education Learning Center

Implementation will include the use of 8 wireless keyboards and 8 wireless mouse with the attachment of chromebook "arms" that clamp onto the desk so students can sit in an upright, ergonomically compliant position vs hunching or stooping to see their screen. The Learning Center has eight rectangular desks for two students each and three round desks for four students each. To facilitate singular or group learning, one arm would be attached to each rectangular desk and two kept aside for each round desk to give students options for research, writing, reading or group collaborations. Additionally, implementation of text to speech apps such as clarospeak for the ipad will allow students the ability to create high quality documents and read and learn using spoken word technology. Finally, many of the Learning Center students are reading 2-3 levels below their current grade, we propose that by adding addtional titles to the kindle library students will engage and read more and improve their reading levels.