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Technology: Classrooms should be connected to the Internet and all teachers should be well-trained in using technology.

As schools and classrooms become more wired, teachers are faced with the daunting task of what to do with technology and how to integrate it effectively into classroom activities. The AT&T Learning Network is a $150 million effort to link families, teachers, and schools to the technology tools and support they need. The Learning Network provides such resources as web-based information for teachers and parents on education issues, an online mentoring program for teachers on integrating technology into the classroom, and local grants from the AT&T Foundation to support professional development and family involvement in education. In addition, AT&T has partnered with the FamilyEducation Company to offer customized family involvement websites to every public and private school in the state of Maryland. Starting in 1997, over 40 percent of Maryland's 24 school districts have taken advantage of this cost-free program, enabling schools to reach out more effectively to parents.

Benefits

• Business: Helps build a better educated and technologically proficient teaching force that can better prepare tomorrow's workers, and more actively engages families with their children's education

• School: Strengthens student and teacher skills in working with technology and increases parent involvement

• Teacher: Increases knowledge about working with computers in the classroom and improves connections to parents and other teachers.

Businesses can help students and teachers connect to new technology

"I believe that family involvement is the key to student success and that is why I'm so proud that FamilyEducation Network and AT&T have chosen Maryland to showcase this educational model. This innovative project is an important link to tie our schools with the local community through information technology."

-- Maryland Governor Parris Glendening

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This page was last updated January 3, 2002 (jca)