Lenovo PCs Unlock Potential of Tech-Savvy Students in Kentucky School Districts

Lenovo PCs Unlock Potential of Tech-Savvy Students in Kentucky School Districts

Lenovo today announced that three school districts in Kentucky have successfully incorporated ThinkPad notebooks in their technology initiatives to provide students and staff reliable and easy to use tools to drive advancements in education. Facilitating a one-to-one student-to-computer ratio, Daviess County Public Schools, Hazard Independent Schools and Perry County Schools are using Lenovo IT tools to foster creativity, academic achievement and technology skills development.

The Kentucky Department of Education has given high marks to the schools for propelling achievement in and out of the classroom through the use of technology. Lenovo PCs help support faculty agendas and empower both students and teachers to use the PCs as innovative learning tools.

“Managing a technology deployment is not an easy task, but these schools’ administrators are keeping it a priority because they know the lasting effects of a technology-lead education system,” said Michael Schmedlen, public sector executive for Lenovo. “At Lenovo, we’re proud to help schools across the nation impact learning with innovative technologies that prepare students for the information era.”

Equal Access to PCs for Empowered Learning
Before officially launching its eLearning project for the 2005-2006 school year, Daviess County Public Schools did its homework to determine which types of technologies best serve its students. Administrators acknowledge that students are learning differently in today’s digital age, and aim to integrate tools relevant to them that increase student engagement and achievement. After completing an extensive pilot, ThinkPad notebooks from Lenovo were chosen for reliability, durability, lightweight design and ease-of-use.

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