Drauden Point Middle School Teachers Deborah Odegaard-Carpenter and Michel Pawlak, announced today that Best Buy has awarded a $2,500 te@ch award to the school for integrating interactive technology into the curriculum. The funds will be used to enhance the Holocaust/ Memoir Project. The Language Arts classroom focuses on addressing all learning styles and modalities.  The teachers and students utilize technology to learn new vocabulary, to show critical thinking strategies while reading, to model reading responses, to write for a variety of purposes, and for student presentations.  Technology enables students to more effectively meet the IL Learning Standards.  From daily lessons to culminating activities, technology enables students to create more sophisticated personal memoirs.

 

Best Buy started te@ch in October 2003, to reward schools that creatively integrate interactive technology into their curricula. All accredited, public and private nonprofit elementary, middle and secondary schools located within 25 miles of a Best Buy store were eligible to apply. Awards of $2,500 were given to nearly 1,200 schools to sustain or enhance existing educational programs.

 

“Today, teachers across the country are using technology in new and creative ways; we want to support and recognize their efforts to make learning fun and easy,” said Paula Prahl, VP of Public Affairs for Best Buy. “The te@ch program helps innovative educators enhance their curricula. By committing dollars to the communities in which we work and live, we can more fully support our employees, our customers, and their families.”

 

Visit www.BestBuy.com and click on Community Relations for more information on Best Buy Children’s Foundation and the education and technology-based partnerships and programs it supports.