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Technology funding impacts GA schools
February 22, 2005
CARROLLTON, GA - The positive impact that technology funding is having on instruction in Georgia’s public schools will be the focus of the first Capitol Tech to be held at the State Capitol Building on Monday, March 7.
Capitol Tech will spotlight students from Haralson County High School, along with 13 other schools in Georgia, using the fundamental technology tools necessary to succeed in the 21st century. Students and teachers are eager for their local legislators to see firsthand how these tools are helping to increase student achievement and build community partnerships.
According to the Learning for the 21st Century report, “today’s education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students live and how they learn.”
Capitol Tech is a collaborative effort between Georgia’s schools and the state’s Educational Technology Training Centers (ETTC). Students will be the presenters sharing their educational projects – student-designed Web sites that help other students resolve curricular issues, multimedia projects that demonstrate an understanding of curricular areas, and projects in which students collaborate with teachers to produce lessons that effectively infuse technology into the teaching and learning process.
The ETTC at the University of West Georgia currently has a staff of five educational technology professionals working together with school districts in this region to improve and promote research-based methods of instruction with teachers.
Their emphasis includes the integration of multiple technologies to enrich the curriculum, effective uses of technology to increase school productivity, and distance learning to provide opportunities that would otherwise be inaccessible.
According to Curt Cearley, director of the ETTC at UWG, educators believe today’s students must be empowered to meet the challenges of tomorrow if Georgia's citizens are to be competitive in the world market of the 21st century. The ETTC at UWG is one of 13 centers across the state charged with this mission.
For more information on the Capital Tech program, contact the ETTC at 678-839-6096.
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