Community Partnership/ Technology for Education

Connecticut consumers can help bring the latest technology to their community?s schools by doing something they already do every day: communicate. Through the ?Technology for Education(TM) Program ? A Community Partnership? introduced in Connecticut today by the Computer Learning Foundation (CLF) and AT&T, consumers can earn points ? called TechCredits(TM) ? and direct them to the school of their choice. The schools then use the TechCredits for free classroom technology including computers, software and other technology products selected by a Foundation panel of educators and available through a program catalog. In addition to Connecticut, the program is being piloted in seven other states: California, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

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?Computers and other technologies are the tools of our children?s day, and they can play a vital role in improving the quality of education in America,? said Sally Bowman Alden, executive director of CLF. ?And yet more than 40 percent of the computers in schools in the eight pilot states are no longer even being manufactured. The Technology for Education Program is designed to address the serious shortage of funding for technology products in our schools and help them prepare students for the 21st century. ?Although the concept of a point program that benefits schools is ot new, this program is unique in that it?s managed by a nonprofit organization that is offering the program strictly for the benefit of schools,? said Bowman Alden. ?With nearly 25 million AT&T customers in the eight pilot states and more than 80 million customers nationwide who can help, the potential benefit of this program to schools and their students is tremendous.? ?Consumers in Connecticut can now do even more to support the 1227 schools in our state, and more important, the 604,911 students who will be future leaders,? said Sen. Stephen Somma, Senate chair of the Energy & Technology Committee.

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?The Technology for Education Program brings together several groups vital to the success of our educational system, including schools, parents, students, nonprofit organizations, orporations and other concerned members of the community. Together, we can help make a real and lasting difference in our schools and our communities.? Under the program, consumers can help schools accumulate TechCredits in four ways: by using AT&T long-distance service, by redeeming AT&T True Rewards(R) points for TechCredits, by purchasing AT&T Globalyst Series 100 notebook computers or AT&T Globalyst 300 Series TelePC desktop computers; or by making purchases at AT&T Phone Centers.

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Consumers can direct TechCredits to any accredited public, private or parochial school (K through 12) in the eight pilot states. ?The Technology for Education Program gives our customers a simple, convenient way to support their local schools,? said AT&T Vice President David Jefferson. ?Getting the technology that?s changing the way we live and work into the hands of students today can help prepare America?s youth for the high-tech, global workplace of tomorrow. And with this program, just 10 households each spending $25 on qualifying AT&T long-distance a month can earn a school as many as 10,000 TechCredits in the first six months.?

Source: http://bcedonline.com/community-partnership-technology-for-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-partnership-technology-for-education

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