This allows for the school's technology co-ordinator to work as a satellite support technician. In addition, other staff members are being mentored independently or as a group to deal with more general solutions. This model has alleviated much of the frustration that staff have to deal with when they do not have immediate access to technical support. Over the past five years, teachers at Booth Memorial have had technical interns in the areas of computer network support - computer repair, office administration, and, in the last two years, in the area of Web authoring. Over the past two years, nine Web authoring interns have been mentored by Linda Bartlett, Learning Resource Teacher, and Wade Gillard, Technology Education Teacher, at Booth Memorial.
Students come from four separate colleges to complete a ten or twelve week internship.
Using a wide range of graphics and other media whether audio or video in Web development. Consulting, through interviews and meetings with teachers about the content and development of curriculum pages. Using current Web development tools as appropriate including Paint Shop Pro, gif animations, Flash, etc. In a ten or 12 week terms, interns exercise the skills they have learned through their college program and also have the opportunity to enhance their skills by working with some software they may not have been exposed to, such as graphics software like CorelDraw 9 and Adobe Premier and Macromedia's Flash. When an intern is introduced to a project there is a process the intern will follow through to its completion.