MEDIA ADVISORY

4/14/04

Contact: Steve Jones, Heartland AEA, (515) 270-9030 ext. 4317, sjones@aea11.k12.ia.us

MEDIA ADVISORY: HEARTLAND AEA STUDENT TECH FAIR APRIL 29

More than 140 computer, video, Web and other student projects are entered in Heartland Area Education Agency’s Student Technology Fair, Thursday, April 29, at the Des Moines Airport Holiday Inn. About 220 students will present their projects.

Entries will be judged between 9 a.m. and about 11 a.m. Judges will award blue, red or white ribbons to the entries and “Judges Choice” ribbons to the exceptional projects. Central Iowa students from 29 schools have entered projects in five categories: multimedia, Web page design, computer programming, video presentations, and graphics and publishing.

Student projects demonstrate a wide range of technology expertise and subject matter. Project topics include Lewis and Clark, mummies, Elvis Presley, Trolls and bridges, and a number on historical figures, animal species and geographic subjects.

Participating school districts (and the number of projects entered) are Adel-DeSoto-Minburn (7), Ames (1), Ankeny (11), Carroll (1), Colfax-Mingo (6), Collins-Maxwell (27), Dallas Center-Grimes (8), Exira (5), Madrid (1), Nevada (6), North Polk (26), Pella (13), Southeast Polk (6), Southeast Warren (2), St. Pius X-Urbandale (5), United (15), Waukee (1), West Des Moines (1) and Winterset (3).

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NOTE TO EDITORS: Members of the news media are welcome to attend the Technology Fair. The projects are creative, colorful and visual, and the students are excited participants.