Five elementary schools have received funding under Technology PEI's Youth of the Digital Age program. The funding was announced today by Development and Technology Minister Mike Currie.
The schools are: St. Jeans Elementary, Grand Tracadie, Rollo Bay, Donagh and Elliot River. The five schools will act as hosts for the program. Students from other schools nearby may attend the program at the host location.
Youth of the Digital Age teaches young people the skills they need to create a Web site. The young people are taught by older students, who are hired as instructors for the program. In the past, Youth of the Digital Age has been available at the junior high and high school level. This is the first time it has been offered to elementary schools.
"It's important for young people, even at an early age, to understand what a powerful tool information technology can be," said Minister Currie. "Judging by the level
of interest in this program, I'd say that young Islanders are getting this message."
The program is administered for Technology PEI by the Morell CAP site and Learning Centre. Schools interested in involving their students in the program can contact Lisa O'Keefe MacAulay at (902) 961-2642 or by email at mrclc@isn.net
To view some of the Web sites created in the past, go to http://morellcap.peicaps.org/digitalage/
Technology PEI is the Government of Prince Edward Island's lead agency in the development, adoption and use of information technologies in business and community in the province.