Sister Grace Surdovel
Name: Sister Grace Surdovel
Title: Computer Teacher, Sacred Heart H.S.
Affiliation:
County: Lacawanna
District: Diocese of Scranton
School: Sacred Heart Jr.-Sr. High School
Address:
44 South Chruch Street
Carbondale PA
Phone: 717-282-2790
FAX:
E-mail: Sistergr@aol.com
- ACTIVITIES:
- [No information provided.]
- BARRIERS:
- Funding
Lack of computers
Problems with Age of System(telephone)
Insufficent Training of Staff
- GOALS:
- 10 networked Computers in the building
Connection to area colleges and businesses as well as area
High Schools
- INFORMATION NEEDED:
- Educational value of the Internet
- How other school districts are using the
network
- How students, teachers and administrators can
gain access to the network
- Strategies for effective leadership
- Professional development
- Technical architecture
- Funding sources
- COLLABORATIONS:
- Would like to be part of a consortium
- EXPERTISE:
- SUPPORT:
- [No information provided.]
- SUSTAINABILITY:
- Set-aside in operating budget
- Grants and donations
- SCOPE:
- classrooms
- NETWORKING SUPPORTS REFORM:
- Yes
- How technology assists reform:
- Enhances community involvement
- Allows improvement in teaching strategies
- Brings additional resources into the classroom
- Increases the relevance of student learning
- Reduces isolation of the school and classroom
- COMMENTS:
- Networking is a totally new frontier for the students as well as the faculty. Because our new administrator as well as myself have limited exposure to networks, we believe that these can only be of great value to us all and, are very eager to begin our education.
- EXPECT TO ATTEND:
- Yes