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Use of Information Technology in Education Award NOTE: Deadline for submission is December 12, 2008 CLICK HERE to submit an online nomination. CLICK HERE for a printable nomination form.
The AFCEA Education Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Chapter award for the "Use of Information Technology in Education." Nominations for this award are due each year in early December. The winning Chapter is determined at the Foundation's Board of Director's meeting in February and the award will be presented at Transformation Warfare. Eligibility and directions for submitting a nomination are described in detail on the print-only form below. FY07 WINNERS Two AFCEA Chapters were nominated again this year for the Educational Foundation's award for the "Use of Information Technology in Education." Both Chapters were found by the Foundation's Board of Directors to be well qualified to receive consecutive awards. LTG John A. Dubia, USA (Ret.), Executive Vice President, AFCEA International presented the Argentina Chapter's award during a visit to Buenos Aires in April. The San Diego Chapter award will be presented in June at the Transformation Warfare Convention in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The prize for each chapter is $1,000 and a commemorative banner.
FY06 WINNERS Two AFCEA Chapters were nominated this year for the Educational Foundation's award for the "Use of Information Technology in Education." Both Chapters impressed the Foundation's Board of Directors with programs having strong community impact and ongoing commitment. Representatives from each Chapter attended TechNet in June and received the $1,000 prize and commemorative banner. The Argentine Chapter successfully established ties within the greater Argentine IT community by expanding its programs offering professional development classes to military, government and industry professionals in Buenos Aires and throughout South America. The San Diego Chapter's Targeting Needy Schools (TNS) Initiative augments the efforts of local school districts to improve their schools' information technology infrastructure. Over the past three years, more than 12 schools have received support with over 600 PCs - provided through donations from the San Diego Futures Foundation (SDFF), with whom the Chapter has formed a strategic alliance to more effectively support bridging the digital divide.
FY05 WINNERS The Argentina Chapter plans to build a computer classroom to offer professional development courses to individuals in military, government, and industry in Buenos Aires. So far, the chapter has been using a local classroom borrowed from the Argentinean Army at times when it is not otherwise occupied to hold such classes. These classes were co-sponsored by a local corporation and gave great visibility to AFCEA Argentina’s program. The Fort Monmouth Chapter has been serving the local Boy Scouts of America’s Forestburgh Scout Reservation High Technology Training Center for the past seven years by providing funds for classroom instruction, the purchase of radios, computers, tools, test equipment, and other information technology teaching aids. In the last year alone, the Chapter has served over 1,400 Scouts with an amateur radio licensing project, assisting with the merit badge subjects of electricity, electronics, radio, atomic energy, computers and space exploration. The Rocky Mountain Chapter helped sponsor the creation of the “Infinity Project” at the Colorado Springs Christian School in Colorado Springs, a national science-based engineering and technology education initiative that helps educators deliver maximum exposure to engineering at the High School level. The chapter purchased Infinity Project Technology Kits, which included eleven new personal computers that gave students a hands-on opportunity to perform engineering design and experimentation on high-tech topics including the Internet, wireless communications, digital imaging and audio processing. Please direct questions to Norma Corrales at Email or by phone at 703-631-6149. NOTE: Deadline for submission is December 12, 2008 CLICK HERE to submit an online nomination. CLICK HERE for a printable nomination form.
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