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Capitol Tech Highlights
Technology Integration
in Georgia
Thirteen schools in Georgia were the focus of the second Capitol Tech, held at the
Capitol in Atlanta during the recently concluded legislative session. This event was
held to demonstrate to Georgia’s legislators the positive impact that technology funding
is having on instruction in Georgia’s public schools.
Capitol Tech spotlights 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 are 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.
As part of the Georgia Department of Education, the thirteen Educational Technology
Training Centers work together with school districts in their regions 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. 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.
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Banks County Middle School,
Banks County and West Hall High School,
Hall County (Pioneer RESA)
“Student ePortfolios”—6th Grade
(Banks County)
“Student ePortfolios”—9th Grade
(Hall County)
Bradwell Institute, Liberty County
(Armstrong Atlantic University)
“Genetically Modified Foods - Pros and
Cons”—11th - 12th grades
Burdell-Hunt Magnet School,
Bibb County (Macon State College)
“Let’s Assess, and Then Have Some Fun
Learning!”—K, 3rd, 4th and 5th Grades
Burke County Middle School,
Burke County (National Science Center)
“Hurricane Education in the Peach State”
—6th Grade
Chattahoochee County Elementary
School, Chattahoochee County
(Columbus State University)
“Sweet Rewards”—3rd Grade
Dodge County High School,
Dodge County (Heart of Georgia RESA)
“Designing the Future: The New Dodge
County High School Technology Lab”
—9th - 12th Grades
CAPITOL TECH PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS
East Fayette Elementary School,
Fayette County (State University of West
Georgia ETTC)
“PROMOTE Georgia: Authentic Research
and Workplace Skills in Action”
—5th Grade
Elbert County High School,
Elbert County (University of Georgia)
“There’s No Business Like Small Business”
—9th - 12th Grades
Gladden Middle School, Murray County
(Georgia Highlands College)
“Teaching to the Future by Exploring the
Past with Intel Educational Tools”
—8th Grade
Hembree Springs Elementary School,
Fulton County (Kennesaw State
University)
“The Mouseflower”—3rd Grade
Lee County Middle School, Lee County
(Albany State University)
Lowndes County High School,
Lowndes County (Valdosta State
University)
“Acid Rain in South Georgia”—11th Grade
Screven County Elementary School,
Screven County (First District RESA)
“Math for the 21st Century”—4th Grade
32 PAGE ONE May/June 2006