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Public Schools on St. Croix Receive $15,000 Worth of HD Document Cameras to Help Teachers Clearly Display Documents as Virtual Learning is Normalized

The Rotary Club of St. Croix Mid-Isle announced it has donated 80 QOMO Qview HD Document Cameras to the St. Croix District of the Department of Education. The document cameras, worth $15,000, will be distributed to public school teachers on St. Croix. “In place of the annual grants which were not practical due to Covid-19 changes, the [D.O.E. St. Croix District Superintendent, Carlos McGregor and his team] suggested document cameras," said Rotarian Willard John, chair of the Captains of Education Teacher Grant Program. "The cameras are effective practical tools that will enable teachers to clearly display documents to students as they embark on a virtual teaching and learning experience.”  The Captains of Education Teacher Grants are made possible through an annual donation from Diageo, according to the release. The rotary club, citing the device's manufacturer documentation, said the QOMO QPC20 is a lightweight document camera that can be easily set up anywhere. Its slim design pl...