AOL Donates Computer Lab To Detroit School; Actor Tom Arnold Announces Donation of 30 Computers to Meet Needs of Hutchins Middle School.DETROIT -- AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. today announced it is creating the Detroit Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology AOL Computer Lab at Hutchins Middle School. The lab will feature 30 computers and an ergonomic and innovatively designed classroom that will be housed in the Hutchins Middle School. The classroom is being designed through a collaborative effort that includes input from teachers and students. The official announcement was made today at the school by actor Tom Arnold Tom Arnold is the name of:
AOL is title sponsor of the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Experience, which takes place Feb. 1-5, 2006, at Cobo Center, located in downtown Detroit and is open to the public. Hutchins Middle School received the students from the recent closure of the Detroit Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology, and due to lack of funds, the students previously had little resources for computer and technology education. AOL has been on-site for several weeks meeting with the teachers to learn what would help make it an ideal learning environment to help develop the Learning Center. "We wanted to make this more than a computer lab, we wanted to make it an area that is conducive to learning in a safe and secure environment," said Richard Taylor Richard Taylor is the name of:
"We at the Detroit Public Schools Detroit Public Schools (DPS) is a school district that covers all of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The student population of the Detroit Public Schools is 116,800. are deeply appreciative of this magnanimous mag·nan·i·mous adj. 1. Courageously noble in mind and heart. 2. Generous in forgiving; eschewing resentment or revenge; unselfish. gesture on the part of AOL," said William F. Coleman III, superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools. "These computers, coupled with the high speed laser printers and other state-of-the-art gadgets AOL is pouring into Hutchins Middle School will make these students even more academically competitive. This act of giving on the part of AOL is a quintessential example of corporate civic responsibility." The complete classroom will include 30 computers, complete with the latest software and high-speed connectivity, a plasma television, two laser high speed printers, work stations that make it easier for teachers to work with students one-on-one and a projector & projection screen for group projects. About America Online See AOL. , Inc. America Online, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate a leading network of Web brands and the largest Internet access subscription service in the United States. Brands include the AOL(R) service, the AOL.com(R) website, and the AIM(R), MapQuest(R), Moviefone(R), Netscape(R), CompuServe(R) and ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. (R) services. America Online offers a range of digital services including the TotalTalk(TM) voice service. The company also has operations in Canada and Europe. America Online, Inc. is based in Dulles, Virginia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. |
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