Projects:

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Technology Consortium

Project Homepage:
http://www.phila.k12.pa.us

Philadelphia's Technology Challenge Grant Consortium has developed a comprehensive strategy to invigorate K- 12 and adult education programs through the imaginative use of educational technologies. Incorporated within the Philadelphia School District's systemic reform effort, "Children Achieving," the plan utilizes many of the latest developments in telecommunication, multimedia, and computer instruction and leverages other technology and instructional resources to build new teaching and learning processes within small learning communities. The resulting "Virtual Schools" represent a fundamental and radical transformation of teaching to emphasize interaction and inquiry in the learning process. Over 55,000 students will benefit from the program in the first two years, and in the following three years the program will be expanded to include more than 210,000.

Year Grant Awarded:
1995

Grantee:
School District of Philadelphia

Project Director:
Vincent DeTolla
Phone: :215-875-3744
Fax: 215-875-3787
Email: detolla@
phila.k12.pa.us

Address:
John F. Kennedy Cntr
734 Schuylkill Ave.,
Rm 614
Philadelphia, PA
19146