Projects with schools in the New Orleans Public School District

Gumbo LALA

Check out the project's website. Although our student Webmaster, Shane Bruno, has more to add to the site, he is off to a great start.

Our partner school in Los Angeles, 6^th Avenue Elementary School, is also developing a website that will include information on the Gumbo LALA project.

The Gumbo LALA project has donated four Alpha Smart Pro 3000's to classes at Ben Franklin Elementary School that are involved in the project. The AlphaSmart 3000 is a portable keyboard or note taker that is compatible with any Macintosh or PC. It enables the user to practice keyboarding, and to write and electronically store reports, essays, and notes without having to be at a computer.

McDonogh 35 Senior High School

Several Xavier faculty members responded to the call for workshops from the staff development coordinator at McDonogh 35 Senior High School. Two Xavier faculty members will work with students and faculty of McDonogh 35 in the spring 2001 semester as resource persons in various curriculum development projects and extracurricular activities.

Lusher Elementary

Eighteen teachers from Lusher Alternative Elementary School came to Xavier on a recent Saturday morning for staff development workshops. They joined an online community for teachers at kiko.com, created Web pages, and perused a browser tutorial. See the Web page designed for this training. There is also a photo album.

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