Futurekids Honored at National NECC Conference for Key Contributions in Hurricane-Ravished Schools
Dzana Homan, CEO of Futurekids, was honored for key contributions as part of
the Hurricane Education Leadership Project team on Wednesday, June 23, 2007
in Atlanta during the National Educational Computing Conference. Ms. Homan
co-chairs the Instructional/Professional Development/21st Century Schools
Committee.
The committee is responsible for support, consulting and providing
educational technology-related resources at no, or minimal cost to schools
that were damaged or destroyed and to students who have been displaced as a
result of the hurricane.
Terry Smithson, manager of the HELP Team Program and Education Program
Manager with Intel Corporation, presented Ms. Homan with the award.
“On behalf of the entire HELP team, we’d like to extend our sincere
gratitude,” Smithson commented. “Ms. Homan’s active participation has been
crucial to the team’s success.”
“Helping the Gulf State schools after Hurricane Katrina was clearly the
right thing to do, and I received a lot of help from my committee,” Homan
said. “I want to personally thank everyone who contributed to the efforts,
which are still ongoing.”
The committee is made up of key members of many of the nation’s top
technology educators, companies and organizations including Intel, Apple
Computer, McGraw-Hill, Dell Computer, Scholastic, Carnegie Learning, and
SMART Technologies. Key2Ed, Ignite Learning, DyKnow, Thinkronize,
eInstruction, Cable in the Classroom. Pitsco, the Princeton Review, ISTE,
SIIA, Tiger Woods Learning Center, Impact Partnerships and the Miami-Dade
County Public Schools are also involved.
About
the Help Team
For more information about the HELP Team, log onto
www.EducationHelpTeam.org.
About Futurekids
Futurekids is the premier provider of technology teacher
training solutions for schools and universities around the world. Futurekids
has a 22-year record of success in technology education. Their core
competency is providing technology training as it relates to teaching and
learning. They have relationships and achievements with many key educational
partners such as Intel,
IBM and Dell.
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