New Chromebooks and the TLP Grant

Well, our class received some great news this last week.  Our class, and about 10 other classrooms in the district, were chosen to participate in the Technology Lending Program, a TEA grant that HISD is participating in.  This means we received 22 new Dell 11 Chromebooks to our classroom.

With the 5 we already had this gives us 27 Chromebooks to use in our classroom.  The program, not only allows for us to use the Chromebooks in the classroom, it allows us to check the Chromebooks out overnight or over the weekend to some students if they need a device to complete school work at home.  We also received 5 wifi hot spots for the Chromebooks so, if a student doesn't not have internet access at home, the student can connect the Chromebook to the internet to complete their work.  I am very excited about what this program could mean for our class.