Students' Web efforts help kids learn more about Jimmy Carter

Students'

Web efforts help kids learn more about Jimmy Carter

Recently, Joseph Bowler,

assistant professor of Information Technology at Clayton College &

State University, received a letter from Annette Wise, instructional specialist

and coordinator of a partnership among the Georgia Department of Education,

Sumter County public schools, and the National Park Service.

She was bragging

on one of her summer interns, Annette Wright, an IT student and senior

at Clayton State.

Last year,

Wright and fellow student Peter Blair (also a Fayette County resident)

worked as interns on a project developing an educational Website for the

Jimmy Carter National Historical Site. When grant money had all but dried

up for the project, Wise turned to Clayton State for help.

After successfully

creating the site last summer, Wright, a resident of Fayette County, returned

for a second internship this summer to help revise and update it.

The site contained

field trip registration forms for teachers, learning programs, links to

other educational sites, research material, a virtual tour and games and

puzzles to help children learn about America's 39th President.

"I (wanted)

to let you know how pleased I have been this summer with Annette Wright.

She has spent many hours reviewing, revising and developing items for

the homepage for the Jimmy Carter NHS Education Program," said Wise.

"Recently,

I received a call from The Carter Center in Atlanta requesting permission

for them to link and to use information off my website to send to students

and adults requesting information about President and Mrs. Carter. This

was a tremendous compliment since The Carter Center as well as the Jimmy

Carter Library and Museum have wonderful web sites."

"I would

also like to mention that President Carter has also viewed the site and

was very pleased with it. Thanks to Annette, the site is professional,

impressive and very user friendly!"

For more information

concerning internships in the Clayton State IT program or to contract

students to design a website, contact [email protected],

or visit https://adminservices.clayton.edu/experiential_learning>, or

call (770) 960-4186.

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