Technology and education go hand-in-hand at Christ the King Catholic School, with the recent addition of a device that allows teachers to project work onto a classroom wall with the use of a laptop.

School officials have installed a Promethean interactive whiteboard in Ed Rutkowski’s classroom for his seventh- and eighth-grade math classes. A second board will be installed this week in Karen Wilson’s fifth-grade language arts class.

The device looks like a large dry-erase board that becomes a computer screen, Mr. Rutkowski said.

The interactive board connects to the teacher’s computer through a USB cable.

Images appear on the board by use of an overhead projector, Mr. Rutkowski said. An “ActivPen” acts as a mouse, while software powers an onscreen keyboard.

“I can do anything on this that I can do on my computer,” Mr. Rutkowski said. For example, his math class can follow along, in real time, as he uses a computer-generated version of their graphing calculator.

“Everyone values this new technology because it helps enhance our curriculum,” Principal Sr. Maureen Nolan said.

For instance, class notes and board work can be saved and printed if a student is absent; lessons don’t have to be erased during other classes, Mr. Rutkowski said.

Teachers need to complete online training and courses to learn all of the features and programs, Mr. Rutkowski said.

The school purchased the boards with a block grant from Supporting Educational Enrichment in Daphne’s Schools and funds from the CKCS parent-teacher organization, according to Ruth Rutkowski, the school’s director of development.

“That’s what SEEDS is all about; it’s about helping students go out into the world better prepared,” Nolan said.

“This experience will hopefully be experienced by all students on the Eastern Shore,” Nolan said.