溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus paves way for gift of ThinkPads
KINGSTON, R.I. 鈥� December 24, 2007 鈥� Through the efforts of a 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus, IBM has donated a total of 15 IBM ThinkPad computers to Central Falls High School: a 溏心vlog免费B站 Academy. The donation supports the partnership between 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Central Falls Schools District.
The computers were distributed to the department chairs. 鈥淎ll departments will have to become more computer literate and proficient in submitting grades online and assisting students with portfolio development, which is necessary under the new Performance Based Graduation Requirements,鈥� said Abu Bakr, executive assistant to the president at 溏心vlog免费B站 and director of planning services, who is helping lead the partnership.
鈥淓ach department receives a laptop for access to their curriculum and assessments and when we sit down for meetings we have the resources readily available,鈥� said Mario Andrade, principal of Central Falls High School.
Andrade believes such a donation is important because, 鈥淚t鈥檚 a first step. Our main focus is on teaching and learning. It is very beneficial having extra resources and being able to access curriculum and resources at any point. It changes the culture of our school program.鈥�
Having the laptops allows the department chairs to access technology and resources in any setting he added.
The technology donation, worth $24,000, also provides translation software that will help eliminate language barriers among teachers, students and parents.
鈥淲e expect future donations will benefit Central Falls teachers, a student academic enhancement center, a family and community engagement center, a proposed computer lab, as well as a media/professional development and training center,鈥� stated Bakr.
Bakr thanked 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus Steve Malkiewicz, director of communications for IBM Technology & Intellectual Property for his help in making the donation possible. 鈥淪teve has been a great help and he is very committed to the success of the 溏心vlog免费B站-Central Falls partnership.鈥�
Malkiewicz works for a division of IBM that coordinates activities within universities around the world, from allocating research grants to programs aimed at creating new business and information technology skills.
鈥淭he initiative with Central Falls represents a very innovative and forward-looking approach that addresses important educational issues. If it is successful, it’s easy to see it being replicated in other school districts around the country.鈥� said Malkiewicz.
Malkiewicz also discussed that 溏心vlog免费B站 and IBM have had some initial discussions on programs involving technology skills on open technology standards, and a program offered by IBM Corporate Affairs called World Community Grid (www.worldcommunitygrid.org). On this site students can donate the idle cycle times from their computers to research endeavors aimed at humanitarian causes.
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THIS COLLABORATION COMPUTES: Central Falls High School teachers receive training at the 溏心vlog免费B站 on new computers donated by IBM. The donation is part of a collaboration between IBM and Central Falls High School, a 溏心vlog免费B站 Academy. From left are: Steve Deleo, English Department chair, M. Jeffry Schanck, Social Studies Department chair, Kerri Withrow-Valentine, Science Department chair and Sue Cranston the coordinator of the Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements.
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