Innovative projects earn computers for NM high schools
January 5, 2005New Mexico Business Weekly
The winners of grants in the 2004 Computers for Kids program have been announced.
The program, a cooperative effort between the New Mexico Information Technology & Software Association, Workforce Education Alliance, Technology Integration Group and the New Mexico Public Education Department, awarded four New Mexico high schools with up to 10 computers each.
More than 20 application proposals from public high school teachers were received. The selection criterion required an innovative application of technology in the classroom that would not be possible without the award, says Mark Orchant, NMITSA board member and WEA co-chair.
The specific recipients within each high school include: Vince Case, of Albuquerque's School on Wheels Alternative High School. Case proposed an interdisciplinary project to design, build and operate a greenhouse to feed a family of four.
Mary Fusco, of Santa Fe's Capital High School, won for her "Voyages through Time" science curriculum with NASA/SETI. Kerri Lathrop, of Albuquerque's East Mountain High School, was awarded 10 computers for biology projects. Dega Patterson, of Moriarty High School, won for biology projects. And Patrick Prescott, of Albuquerque's West Mesa High School, won for law and history projects.
Prior to the delivery of the computer systems to these schools, the computers will be constructed during a "Computers for Kids Build Day" on January 19. Under the direction of the Technology Integration Group, which initiated Computers for Kids, staff and students from the Albuquerque High School Advanced Technology Academy have beeen selected to learn about the technical inner workings of the computers.
The Technology Integration Group is a minority-owned computer technology provider with 18 locations nationally. It specializes in providing technology for small organizations and is a supplier to many governmental agencies and enterprise corporations.
