Stevens teams with Schools Online to bring area schools online
Program provides area schools with multimedia equipment and training
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), in conjunction with Schools Online and the Morris and Union County Educational Technology Training Centers, presented 16 schools in New Jersey with multimedia computer equipment and training on the use of these resources for Internet-supported classroom instruction.
The equipment consists of a Pentium class computer, a 27-inch television and an inkjet printer, and the schools have the opportunity to receive a digital still camera, scanner and one year of free Internet service provided by CCCnet if they continue with the program. The equipment is valued at $2,500 per package, making the total grant to New Jersey schools worth $40,000.
As part of the agreement for the equipment, the schools are also required to attend the regional training session from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, at the Stevens campus in Hoboken, NJ. School officials will learn to install and use their new systems as well as receive the equipment.
The schools receiving the equipment and training are:
- Brunner Elementary School - Scotch Plains, Union County
- Coles Elementary School - Scotch Plains, Union County
- Dover High School - Dover, Morris County
- Lincoln Elementary School - Rockaway, Morris County
- Lincoln Middle School - Passaic, Passaic County
- Livingston Elementary School - New Brunswick, Middlesex County
- McGinn Elementary School - Scotch Plains, Union County
- Mount Arlington School District - Mount Arlington, Morris County
- Number 03 Elementary School - Paterson, Passaic County
- Number 20 Elementary School - Paterson, Passaic County
- Park Middle School - Scotch Plains, Union County
- Passaic Alternative School at Felician College - Rutherford, Passaic County
- Sacred Heart School - Dover, Morris County
- Sacred Heart School - Rockaway ,Morris County
- School One - Scotch Plains, Union County
- Trinity Christian School of Montville - Montville, Morris County
About Schools Online
Schools Online is an independent 501(c)3 public benefit organization, based in California’s Silicon Valley. Since its founding in 1996, Schools Online has been a catalyst, helping more than 5,000 schools gain online access. Together with education partners such as Stevens, Schools Online has facilitated workshops on Internet access for more than 8,000 teachers.
By providing equipment to schools free of charge, these organizations will help students gain access to the vast information superhighway and enable them to use a wealth of educational materials on the Internet.
For more information on the program or room location, contact Ronit Ehrlich, programs coordinator for CIESE, at (201) 216.8066 or visit Schools Online on the Web at schoolsonline.org.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.
Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.
