Dell, AOL To Provide 5,000 Students With Internet Access
Dell and America Online (AOL) are teaming up to enhance and expand the Dell TechKnow computer-skills program for middle-school students and to provide 5,000 program graduates with a computer and one year of no-cost Internet access.
AOL will be the national Internet partner in Dell TechKnow, Dell's three-year old program that provides middle-school students with a free computer after completion of a 40-hour after-school program. In addition to donating one year of Internet access at no cost for program graduates, America Online's 'AOL@School's Safe Surfin' Internet safety materials have been integrated into the Dell TechKnow curriculum to teach students how to safely and securely access the Internet.
Dell expects to increase the number of students in the program this year by 60 percent, with 5,000 students participating during the 2004-2005 academic year. Since July 2001, 3,000 students from 21 school districts and 78 schools nationwide have participated in Dell TechKnow.
Participating school districts for this academic year include: Alameda, Calif.; Allentown, Pa.; Anson, N. C.; Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Baltimore, Md; Bethlehem, Pa.; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago; Denver; Fort Worth, Texas; Grape Creek, Texas; Harrisburg, Pa.; El Paso, Texas; Houston; Kannapolis, N.C.; La Joya, Texas; Laredo, Texas; Lebanon, Tenn.; Lexington, Ky.; Miami; Montgomery, N.C.; New York City; Nashville; New Orleans; Norfolk, Va.; Pampa, Texas; Richmond, N.C.; San Antonio; Stanley, N.C.; Trenton, N.J., Arizona; Union, N.C. and Washington, D.C.
Source: press release
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