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Main Page Contact Francisco Duque, 912.961.3173 For Immediate Release Capitol Tech Highlights Technology Integration at Glynn County School(February 4, 2008) Glynn County's Satilla Marsha Elementary, along with thirteen other schools in Georgia, will be the focus of the fourth annual Capitol Tech, to be held at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on February 6, 2008. This event is being held to demonstrate to Georgia's legislators the positive impact that technology funding is having on instruction in Georgias public schools. Armstrong Atlantic State University's Educational Technology Training Center (ETTC) has been working with Apple Computer, Inc. and Satilla Marsh's teacher Christy Whisnant to help showcase the Georgia History podcasts created by the students in her class. Capitol Tech will spotlight students using the fundamental technology tools necessary to succeed in the 21st century. "Today's education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students live and how they learn," according to the Learning for the 21st Century report. 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. Capitol Tech is a collaborative effort between Georgia's schools and the state's Educational Technology Training Centers. Students will be the presenters sharing their educational projects - student-created podcasts 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 Armstrong Atlantic State Educational Technology Training Center currently has a staff of three educational technology professionals working together with school districts in the region, including Charlton, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh counties. ETTCs help schools across the state 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. 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 Armstrong Atlantic State Educational Training Center is one of 13 centers across the state charged with this mission. For further information contact Wendy Marshall, director of AASU's ETTC, at 912.921.5541. |
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