Ten kindergarten and pre-kindergarten classes in Wallingford are going to be designed by Office Depot to enable electronic collaboration with interactive touchscreens in classrooms across all grade levels.
This is part of a growing relationship between education experts from Office Depot’s new “Committed to Learning” initiative and the Wallingford school district. No dollar figure was available on the contract.
Recently, Wallingford teachers and principals expressed dissatisfaction with the current technology used in classrooms. The devices were expensive to purchase and difficult to maintain as they required regular calibration, so many features were not fully used.
Office Depot education experts recommended using leading technology in the space: A new generation of easier-to-use touchscreen LED displays allow collaboration with up to 10 students simultaneously. To date, Office Depot has installed 40 of those devices and trained school IT associates and teachers on the technology.
