May 2001 — Applications
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East Harlem’s Winning School Technology Formula
Now that sufficient technology has been acquired, the district plans on expanding its portfolio of collaborative, thematic projects. In addition to Project Justice and the Endangered Species Project, others have been added as the natural curiosity of students and their teachers has taken them in new directions. At a share fair hosted by the school system’s Office of Instructional Technology this past spring, a dozen other school districts signed on as partners in the projects.
I suspect that as the district continues to develop content and deepen its unique relationships with the instructional technology business community, eventually a remarkable reversal of roles will evolve. Instead of being purely a consumer, as has always been the case, the school district will begin to market its programs to a world that is hungry for them.
Mark Gura
Director, Office of Instructional Technology
New York City Board of Education
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