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Enhancing Education Through Technology:
New Tools to Close the Achievement Gap - Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
School and community leaders agree that today’s education technologies have great potential to improve academic achievement. A broad range of technologies, including the World Wide Web, email, and distance learning, can be especially powerful tools for helping disadvantaged and under-served students to connect with new learning resources.
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige’s next Satellite Town Meeting will present a panel of school and community leaders to explore questions such as:
- How can today’s education technologies help all students, including disadvantaged students, to meet high academic standards?
- How can teachers be well prepared to learn and use new education technologies?
- How can schools and communities create comprehensive technology plans to improve student achievement?
- What resources are available to schools and communities to support their education technology needs?
Guest Host
Beth Ann Bryan, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Education
Guest Panelists
- Elliot Soloway
Professor, College of Engineering & Schools of Education and Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Maria Tukeva
Principal
Bell Multicultural High School
Washington DC
- Sister Jennie Lechtenberg
Executive Director
Puente Learning Center
Los Angeles, California
- Gene Longo
Senior Manager, U.S. Field Operations
Cisco Networking Academy Program
Cisco Systems
- George Washington
Director of Technology
Franklin County Public Schools
Rocky Mount, Virginia
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Permission: Teleconferences produced by the U.S. Department of Education are in the public domain. Use, duplication, and distribution are free and unrestricted. Thank You!
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