Dr. Judy Jackson and Mrs. Gherry Gustafson, Carroll County Quest Center teachers, are giving their students the world. Thanks to the Internet, a worldwide network of computers, their classes of gifted students are learning English, math, science and social studies with the latest information available. Jackson and Gustafson received a grant from several local businesses to purchase computers and subscribe to an Internet access provider. This enabled their students to access information on the worldwide web.
Students simply log onto a host computer and download information.
The program also allows students to send electronic messages to other students throughout the world. Ms. Gustafson's students became key pals with students in the small town of Fields, Oregon. This year she plans to introduce them to key pals from Canada, England, France, Germany and Australia. Social Studies on the Net . . . While studying a unit on Georgia, Dr. Jackson's students participated in an educational game with students from Meriwether County.