The staff of Today's Catholic Teacher and the Peter Li Education Group thank the judging committee-chair Sr. And we express our deep gratitude to the corporate sponsors whose generosity and sense of commitment to catholic education have made possible the Catholic Schools for Tomorrow Award for Innovations in Technology. The enthusiastic Technology Committee of parent volunteers, parishioners, professionals, and teachers have turned St. Theresa's Catholic School in Austin, TX, into a very different place. Every classroom has at least 2 computers, and 40 are networked with Internet access. Upper-grade classrooms use large multimedia systems for daily curriculum.
Efforts extend well beyond hardware, of course.
Technology Night exemplifies the total community involvement in supporting technology at the school. Technology Night 1999 was a series of demonstrations by faculty and students for the parish community, including a geography bee, science and math lesson demonstrations, and a view of the online weather station. Even preschoolers and kindergarten students displayed their reading and writing skills in the lab. In honor of St. Theresa's centenary, sixth graders completed cross-curricular projects incorporating Language arts, social studies, and religion. St. Theresa's Catholic School has firmly embraced and implemented technology in insightful and innovative ways.