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For Immediate Release:	August 23, 1999
Contact: David Lassner, Director, UH Information Technology Services, david@hawaii.edu

High Tech Hawai'i looks at ThinkQuest in Hawai'i Wednesday, August 25, 8-9 p.m.   Guests: Lynne Sueoka, Darrel Galera Host: David Lassner In what high-tech adventure has Hawai'i established a clear national and international leadership role? The answer may surprise you, but it involves many of Hawai'i's public school students and teachers who develop and promote the advanced use of the World Wide Web for education. A Hawai'i team won the "Best Educational Design" award in the very first international contest in 1996, bringing home over $75,000 in scholarships and prizes. A Hawai'i teacher won the 1998 Coach of the Year Award. Teams of Hawai'i students in grades 4-6 captured six of the 31 top awards in the 1999 Junior level contest; no other state had more than two winners. The adventure is called ThinkQuest, a family of online contests that awards well over $1 million in cash prizes and scholarships each year for innovative use of the Web in teaching and learning. The 1998 ThinkQuest Coach of the Year-'Aiea teacher Lynne Sueoka-will join Leeward District Asst. Superintendent and ThinkQuest Parent Darrel Galera on High Tech Hawai'i August 25. They will explain ThinkQuest and how to get involved, share their experiences with the program, and describe how ThinkQuest has changed their views on teaching, learning and schooling. Viewers will be able to call in live questions or comments for the panelists. Now entering its fourth year of production, High Tech Hawai'i is a live monthly call-in show produced by the University of Hawai'i to shed light on high-technology activities within the state. It airs live from 8 to 9 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month during the academic year. It can be seen live on PEG Access cable channels throughout the state as well as on GTE Americast. On O'ahu Cable it is on Oceanic Channel 55 and on GTE Channel 21, on Kaua'i Channel 10, and on Hawai'i Channel 4 (Hilo area) or 13 (Kona). High Tech Hawai'i is also webcast live on the Internet using RealVideo at http://www.hawaii.edu/dl/hth. During the live broadcast, questions may be phoned in to 956-5670 or 1-800-342-7949 (neighbor islands), or sent by email to hth@hawaii.edu. Previous High Tech Hawai'i shows have highlighted topics such as Y2K, the prospects for high technology in Hawai'i, Internet technologies, telecom regulation, electronic commerce, telemedicine, distance learning, assistive technologies for the disabled and the Pacific Telecommunications Council.

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