ONEKAMA MIDDLE SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN AT&T/MACUL STUDENT TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE AT STATE CAPITOL IN LANSING ON
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Onekama Middle School is among nearly 80 schools in Michigan that will participate in the fifth annual AT&T/MACUL Student Technology Showcase on Wednesday, September 28 from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first floor of the State Capitol Building in Lansing.

Two separate groups of students from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and the other from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. will use computers and other electronic devices to show elected members of the Michigan Sate Senate and House of Representatives how technology is being used in the classroom to facilitate learning.  The projects will cover a wide variety of areas including distance learning, computer programming, curriculum integration, electronic portfolios and cooperative learning.  Other areas include video production, web authoring, hand-held technologies, robotics, digital imaging, multimedia, and computer- assisted design.

Taking part in the demonstrations locally are Daniel Brown, Kailani Buckner, and Richard Superczynski, 8th grade and Taylor Hagen and Ryan Pienta, 7th grade Katy Ramsey, Social Studies teacher. 

The students will present projects created in Social Studies using the 1 to 1 laptop technology at Onekama Middle School. 

The Showcase is sponsored by AT&T and the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL), an organization dedicated to bringing educators from all levels together to share their knowledge and concerns regarding educational uses of computers and technology.

Ric Wiltse, MACUL executive director, said that technology has joined the Ùthree RÙsÙ as one of the basics of educating children.  ÙSurveys show that students enjoy using computers, so they tend to get more involved with their projects and often do much better in school as a result,Ù he stated.

Bob Barry, AT&T director of government relations, said AT&T supports the program Ùbecause we believe that technology is an important tool for enhancing teaching and learning.  Ultimately, we believe our efforts will make a difference as youths prepare to move from the classroom to the workplace.Ù

For further information about the event, visit the MACUL Web site at www.macul.org

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