Lieutenant Governor Dennis Wicker announced Net Day for October 18th thisyear.Volunteers wired more than 11,000 classrooms for the Internet last year,saving the state 22-million dollars.Net Day and other programs give North Carolina a high-tech edge over mostother states.
Educational testing service did a report a few months ago about the progressstates are making towards implementing technology in the classroom. Theyconcluded that North Carolina was among the front runners in eight often categories that they studied so we're making good progress but there'sa lot of work yet to do.
Not only does the school system get a great deal on the computers.. allof the wiring kits are donated by major corporations.
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