Mississippi students build their own PCs. (Update: education news from schools, business, research and professional organizations).Mississippi's Gov. Ronnie Musgrove David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove (born July 29, 1956) is an American politician who was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor from 1996 to 2000 and the Governor from 2000 to 2004 of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Life Musgrove was born in Tocowa, Mississippi. championed a goal of placing an Internet-accessible computer in every public elementary and secondary classroom in Mississippi Mississippi, state, United States Mississippi (mĭs'əsĭp`ē), one of the Deep South states of the United States. It is bordered by Alabama (E), the Gulf of Mexico (S), Arkansas and Louisiana, with most of the border formed by by the end of 2002. To help reach that goal, a techsavvy group of students who were enrolled in ExplorNet's Computer Engineering program helped by assembling 196 new high-speed, multimedia machines. The Computer Blitz Build is spearheaded by the educational non-profit ExplorNet, which brings together students, teachers and IT volunteers in an effort to bring state-of-the-art computers to schools that lag behind the technology curve. Students enrolled in the tech classes are helping to build the computers. The program, which is in nearly 40 school districts, teaches students how to assemble new computers "from scratch" and to upgrade donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. computers by replacing older parts with state-of-the-art components. High school teacher Lee Courtney says the program gives her students an advantage. "They gain a lot of self-esteem. They prove they have value because they can do something that a lot of other people can't do," Courtney says. Eighteen-year-old Ashley Burbridge says, "It's great that other kids will get to use these computers, because they may not have access otherwise." "I think it's a great idea that the governor had to put a computer in every school in the state," said 15-year-old student Seth Lirette. ExploreNet runs similar programs in Arkansas, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). and South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). . --Laura Dianis www.explorenet.com |
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