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C.W. Post Nominated for Computerworld Smithsonian
Award
February 1, 2000 - The Electronic Education Village (EEV)
developed by the Educational Technology Department in the School
of Education at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
will become part of the Permanent Research Collection on Information
Technology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
on April 3, 2000 when the 1999 Information Technology Innovation
Collection is formally presented to the Institution.
"The Laureates nominated for this year's collection are
utilizing new information age tools to extend the benefits of
technology to society, "said Dan Morrow, executive director
of the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program.
Co-created by Dr. Bette Schneiderman and Dr. Michael Byrne,
C.W.Post's EEV is part of a collection that includes over 440
of the year's most innovative applications of technology.
Each year, more than 700 elementary, middle and high school
students across Long Island participate in C.W. Post's Electronic
Educational Village, a unique on-line community that links them
to cultural institutions, corporations and community resources.
Founded in 1991, the EEV has received tremendous accolades and
media coverage for its innovative programs, including the popular
"Creating Futures Day," an annual on-campus meeting
of interactive "cyberpals." The EEV is credited with
introducing thousands of Long Island youngsters to the Internet
at a time when on-line communication was unknown.
"The primary source material submitted by C.W. Post will
enrich the National Museum of American History's growing collection
on the history of information technology, and contribute significantly
to the museum's on-going efforts to chronicle the Information
Age," said Spencer R. Crew, director of the National Museum
of American History. The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution,
founded in 1846, which is a complex of 16 museums, seven research
facilities and the National Zoo.
Case Studies from the 1999 Collection will be available at
http://innovate.si.edu, the official Internet site of the Computerworld
Smithsonian Awards Program, where the entire collection is available
to scholars, researchers, and the general public worldwide.
Each year the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Chairman's
Committee nominates individuals, organizations and businesses
which use information technology to the benefit of society. The
awards program, founded in 1989, is a joint project of Computerworld
and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. It
searches for and recognizes vision, leadership and innovation
in information technology across 10 categories: business and
related services; education and academic; environment,, energy
and agriculture; finance, insurance and real estate; government
and non-profit organizations; manufacturing; media, arts and
entertainment; medicine, science, and transportation.
For further information please contact Shahaeda Abbas/Simone
Ross Computerworld Smithsonian Awards at (617) 357-1977, or Valeska
Hilbig/Melinda Machado, National Museum of American History 202-357-3129.
To visit C.W. Post's Electronic Educational Village, visit
its web site at http://eev.liu.edu
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