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Posted:  May 27, 2003

Irving ISD is the only district in Texas to be awarded a full "Vertical Team" portion of a TEA technology grant called the Texas Technology Immersion Pilot Program. Irving High School, de Zavala Middle School, and Lively Elementary School will share $800,000 over a two-year period to implement the program.

The purpose of the grant is to explore the impact of technology immersion on student achievement by providing each student with a wireless mobile computing device, and integrating software, online resources, and other appropriate learning technologies. In October 2003, TEA was awarded a federal grant to evaluate a component of this project using scientifically-based research to provide evidence about the effectiveness of educational technology in K-12 education. Of dozens of districts who applied for that program, nine were selected to take part in one form or another, but only IISD was selected to implement the one-student-to-one-computing device technology on three campuses, forming a vertical team of elementary, middle and high schools.

In addition to computers, the grant will provide approximately 54 hours of device, technology integration, classroom management, and instructional strategies training as well as training stipends for approximately 158 staff members.

TEA Website
 http://www.tea.state.tx.us/opge/disc/tip/overview.html

Irving ISD District Weekly
http://www.irvingisd.net/districtweekly/Weekly116.htm#district