Monday, July 23, 2007

Eastfield College granted 2007 HP Technology Leadership Award

By Pegasus News wire

Eastfield College was awarded a 2007 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership award designed to transform and improve learning in the classroom through innovative uses of technology. Leadership awards are additional, higher value grants awarded to HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients whose projects demonstrate success in their first year of implementation. Eastfield was selected for reinvestment because of its success in using HP technology to enhance instruction, demonstrating a measurable, positive impact on student achievement, and proposing innovative plans to expand their programs to have broader impact on student success.

Faculty at Eastfield College are using pen based tablet PC's and wireless technology to increase student interaction and participation in General and Organic Chemistry lecture courses. The purpose of the computer technology is to make students more active in their classroom learning experience and to enhance a cooperative learning environment. The Leadership grant awarded to Eastfield will allow for expansion of this project to additional faculty including courses in other disciplines. For more information on this project see our web site at www.eastfieldcollege.com/smpe/chemistry/HPGrant/index.html

Eastfield is one of 10 HP Technology for Teaching higher education grant recipients that have been selected for the Leadership award in 2007. The award package includes HP Tablet PCs, cash and professional development with a total value of more than $120,000.

In addition to the equipment and cash, a representative from Eastfield will attend the annual HP Technology for Teaching Worldwide Higher Education Conference to be held in San Diego, Calif. in February 2008.

“This grant will enable us to move toward a more student-centered environment by educating and training faculty in the active lecture technology,” says Tina Mewhinney, Eastfield College Professor of Chemistry. The increased number of faculty using the networked tablet classroom will result in increased student engagement and ultimately increased learning gains for more of our students.

Since 2004, HP has contributed approximately $44 million in HP Technology for Teaching grants to more than 850 schools worldwide. During the past 20 years, HP has contributed more than $1 billion in cash and equipment to schools, universities, community organizations and other nonprofit organizations around the world.

“HP invests in schools to improve educational attainment and develop a skilled, diverse workforce in the future,” said Sidney Espinosa, director, Philanthropy Program, HP. “Our grants empower students and teachers to succeed through innovative uses of technology and training.”

Source: Eastfield College

See more stories in:

• Community Colleges > Eastfield College