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# New laptops for local teachers
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/new-laptops-for-local-teachers/
- Published: 2002-09-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:43:18.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

This year, about 40 teachers in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will be equipped and trained on new laptops thanks to the K-8 Technology Mentor Laptop Program.

Now in its fourth year, SMMUSD’s department of educational services has provided more than 300 teachers with new laptops and the training that accompanies them.

The laptop program has been provided by the California State Department of Education in the form of two grants, one for $879,000 for grades 9-12 and another for $94,000 for grades K-8.

According to school administrators, the two grants allow the district to establish and accomplish two main objectives: ■Teacher basic proficiency — Ensure that all educators are able to use a computer to safely enhance personal productivity, locate information and conduct research via the Internet and operate a variety of common media display devices. ■Teacher instructional proficiency — Ensure educators are able to apply educational technology skills to customize curriculum lesson plans for relevant student instruction and exploration.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 7, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090702.pdf?ref=smdp.com)