Bob Jones Academy earns Technology Innovation Program Award at SC EdTech Conference
October 29, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – Bob Jones Academy was awarded the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) Award at the elementary school level by the South Carolina Association for Educational Technology (SCAET) for its innovative technological interactive environment. The award was presented during the annual SC Educational Technology Conference (SC EdTech 2015) in Charleston.
BJA’s innovative technology program, known as “Learning Beyond The Walls,” highlighted the use of an educationally technological interactive environment outside the classroom. The BJA faculty and staff planted and built learning areas where students could extend classroom learning. QR codes located through BJA’s courtyard garden allow students to link information correlating with various plants and features, and use their devices to interact with features, a garden, and weather equipment. A website enlightens students to plants, wildlife, and aquatics in the courtyard.
“By providing students with useable technology and an innovative hands-on learning space, we are opening the door to learning outside the confines of a classroom or a standard textbook,” said Dr. Jenny Klipp, elementary assistant principal. “The courtyard, coupled with collaborative technology provides a unique opportunity for students to interact with each other at a higher level of learning, and we are thrilled and honored by SCAET’s recognition of this integration program.”
TIP acknowledges South Carolina schools or districts for exhibiting excellence in the integration of technology in education. South Carolina schools continue to lead the way in educational technology and high quality work, both of which are exhibited by this year’s winning programs.
EdTech, South Carolina’s premier educational technology conference, is designed to promote the use of educational technology to enhance student learning. The mission of EdTech is to bring educators, administrators, technology professionals, college faculty and staff, public and academic librarians, business and industry trainers, industry representatives and policy makers together to think, discuss, listen and learn the best strategies to plan for, implement, and use educational technology in our schools.
The South Carolina EdTech conference is organized by the South Carolina Association for Educational Technology (SCAET), represented by multiple South Carolina partners that include K-12, higher education, state government agencies, and telecommunications business partners.
