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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Friday, March 9, 2001 ‘Digital Day’Lets Kids Discover Technology Fun Ad agency, schools introduce at-risk students to high-tech possibilities BY VINCE HORIUCHI LAKE On Thursday, 237 elementary school students staged their own D-Day invasionin Salt Lake City. Only this time, it was a “Digital like a technology fair with gee- whiz gadgets. “It's outstanding and such an opportunity for our students,” said sixth-grade M. Lynn Bennion teacher Laura The fair, held at the Salt Lake Hardware Building at 105 N. North Temple to celebrate the ad agency’s 15th anniversary, was divided throng ofsixth-graders got to fiddle with Web page design, digital camSee and nol voice-morphing tech- into differentareas. At the DigiLand, digital snapshots of the students were transposed over photos of athletes and animals. At another area, students recorded a stay-in-school radio “We hope to connect these kids to the digital world and get them interested in terms of what they can create,” said Patrick Garcia, west area director of schools for the Salt Lake City SchoolDistrict. Students from at-risk ele- spot using computer editing equipment. There even was an electronic microscope hooked up to a PC so the pre-teens could ana- lyze objects — albeit very low-tech items like fake poop and rubber vomit(after all, we're still talking aboutkids). At the “PC Gross Out” booth, four Jackson Elementary students huddled around a computer microphone and belted out a chorus of “Ms. Jackson” from rap duo Outkast. Someone manning the booth manipulated the recording voice with the sound of a toilet flushing in the background. “It was cool,” said 12-year-old Abdijibar Samatar. “I like explorthings In all, the $60,000 fair employed 68 networked computers, two bigscreen video screens, 10 digital cameras, four electronic microscopes, two network file servers and 270 employees of the ad agency. Franklin Elementary Principal Dahlia Cordova said someof the equipmentused in thefair will be donated to the schools. “Tt’s critical,” she said about Crown Bedrooms Approved to learning how to use high-tech devices. “Our whole life is dependent on technology. How we interact and communicate is technology-based.” Students also got to write aes using word processors, a | they constructed Web pages using a simplefive-step template. Thestories, pictures, radio spots and Web pages they designed will be sent to the schools and also be available on the Internet. “Their enthusiasm is fantastic,” said Irene Oliekan, applied technology coordinatorfor K through 9 for the Salt Lake City School District. “They're doing hands-on learning andget to see the results of whatthey are doing. They can’t avoid being exposed to technology in their dailylives.” Ed O'Brien pointed out that most ofthe world sleeps oners mattresses which havevirtually been unchanged for more than 70 years. He said the new Tempur-Pedic system is proven to help relieve and prevent back pains, aching joints, circulatory problems, and frequent headaches or neck problems. Information from Crown Bedrooms said Tempur- Pedic is used in hospitals, nursing homes, and sleep CiniOS and offers pressure-relieving properties »yeducingthe needto toss and turn. “Digital Day” event on Thursday. 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