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Five County Schools To Participate In State Student Technology Showcase

2009-03-03

SAN BERNARDINO - Five San Bernardino County schools will be among those from the Inland Empire selected to participate in the California State Student Technology Showcase on March 7 at Palm Springs Convention Center.

The event promotes excellence in education by showcasing exemplary student projects using technology. Students will present their projects at the Showcase from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Showcase is open to the public and will feature students from across the state presenting exemplary projects that connect technology with standards-based curriculum. Each project has a display area and will demonstrate students' works in the areas of web, video, multimedia, graphic art, sensor/probe data and analysis, animation, and other curriculum-enriching applications.

The Palm Springs Convention Center is located at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros.

Schools from the Etiwanda, Fontana and Redlands school districts will participate in the Showcase. The following schools will have students participating from San Bernardino County:

Etiwanda Intermediate, Perdew Elementary, Solorio Elementary from Etiwanda School District;

Summit High School from Fontana Unified School District;

McKinley Elementary from Redlands Unified School District.

Desert Sands, Palm Springs, Temecula Valley and Val Verde - districts in Riverside County - also will have students participating in the Showcase.

The event is sponsored by the California Technology Assistance Project, the California Department of Education and Computer Using Educators.

For more information about the Showcase, contact Molly Large of the Riverside, Inyo, Mono and San Bernardino (RIMS) California Technology Assistance Project at (909) 386-2686 or mlarge@ctap10.org.