The Miller Institute
for Learning with Technology
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This project helped lead to the donation of 36 Internet-ready, multimedia-capable, Pentium II computers, plus $124K in E-Rate telecommunications subsidies, during Year I alone, to a small, local school district with high Title 1 demographics. This work was presented in a much-touted poster session at the National Educational Computing Conference entitled The Miracle at Bayshore: Are We on the Internet Yet, Mr. Peck?, bringing hope to many other districts and showing how to attract the funding to establish compelling technology-based learning programs, despite the budget constraints of the California public school system.
Students from grades 3 through 12 acquire technology skills to assist their teachers, through a week of intensive, hands-on summer instruction. High school interns went on to receive stipends for ongoing work at neighboring elementary schools. The first participant in the latter program now attends U.C. Berkeley, majoring in EECS, while several current students have become part-time employees of The Miller Institute. Sponsored by a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to the San Carlos School District, the second year of the program emphasized outreach to nearby districts including Bayshore School District, with a strong emphasis on ethnic diversity and gender equity. This project received an Honorable Mention in the First Annual Foothill College Center for Innovation In Education / Smart Valley Awards Competition.
Dr. Miller serves as a part-time District Network
Administrator, where his duties include oversight for:
The Miller Institute is helping Palisades Charter High School develop and implement an ambitious technology plan, including a powerful server array using a half-dozen Apple Xserves with XServe RAID technology, 100 well-configured Dell PCs running Windows XP Pro, upgrades to their LAN and Internet service, and migration from a legacy student information system to PowerSchool.