Louisiana Laptop Initiative Provides Laptops to Students in Public Schools
| November 8, 2007 |  View for printing |
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco visited students at Maplewood Middle School in Sulphur Tuesday, one of 54 schools participating in Louisiana's Laptop Initiative, Turn on To Learning (TOTL). Louisiana dedicated $5 million for TOTL, investing in the technology -- hardware and software -- to support this unique research and development pilot.
At Maplewood, TOTL provides 50 students and four teachers with nearly $70,000 worth of technology to support two digital learning classrooms, where students use their laptops in core subjects for a minimum of four hours each school day.
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