The Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery (HFM) BOCES in New York has been awarded a $650,000, two-year Enhancing Education Through Technology grant that in part will give middle school students the chance to teach their teachers about technology.
Area teachers and students from 30 public and private middle schools in the HFM BOCES and Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex (WSWHE) BOCES region will collaborate to use technology as a tool to improve student performance in English language arts, mathematics and science. The state is offering this grant to help meet the federal goal that all students will demonstrate technology literacy by the end of eighth grade.
Generation YES is partnering with the HFM and WSWHE BOCES and 30 participating districts to develop and sponsor active New York State Student Technology Leader clubs. This summer, selected middle-school students will attend a week-long camp where they will learn leadership strategies to assist their peers in demonstrating their technology literacy. The students will also gain skills to assist their teachers on how to infuse technology into classroom lessons with the goals of sustaining student interest and improving student achievement.
See the full press release on HFM BOCES website.
We are proud and excited about this opportunity to bring so many of our models together in one integrated effort. More as this unfolds!
Sylvia
We’re all excited to be going to NCCE 2008 February 25-29. NCCE is the educational computing conference for the Northwest United States. If you are going, be sure to say hello!