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New York Institute of Technology (Central Islip, Old Westbury, New York City) is working with state Education Department (SED) officials to connect schools within the state including all of Long Island's 126 school districts to educational and cultural institutions such as NASA's Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX) and the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC) through video conferencing and other network learning resources.
"NYIT has a long standing history of expertise in the area of applied use of technology for learning and teaching," said Charles DeVoe, assistant director for the SED's office of technology policy. "We rely on them to build the right models."
About two years ago, NYIT's Stan Silverman, director of technology based learning, joined SED officials to form the Lower New York Technology Planning Consortium. "We asked NYIT to give us assistance in engaging participants and help frame issues," said DeVoe. The intent of the consortium, which is made up of K-12 educators including Nassau BOCES, Eastern Suffolk BOCES and Western Suffolk BOCES, business representatives such as NYNEX, and libraries and museums, is to build "a set of applications that meet the new learning standards." The group's particular focus is on the use of network learning resources such as distance learning (video conferencing) and Internet-based resources. Its continuing mission...