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1. 1. www.dailyadvance.com

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   Published on: 2/25/2008   Last Visited: 2/25/2008

   Eure: Funds to help set up Web-based tools at schools
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   Victor Eure, technology coordinator for Perquimans County Schools.
   
   In the past, Eure said teachers were lucky to have one computer in their classrooms. He said the technology package will allow them to share information and move equipment around.
   
   "They have a vision of what they want to see happen," he said. "We just didn't have the funding for it."
   
   Eure said the technology will be used in two broad areas: meeting the state's 21st century education priorities and increasing learning and communication outside the classroom. He said the priorities include critical thinking skills and cooperative learning, both of which are served through the IMPACT model.
   
   He also said the technology could be used to set up blogs, wikis, podcasts and other Web-based tools that allow students to communicate outside a classroom setting.
   
   According to Eure, the equipment can be used for everything from word recognition in the lower grades to allowing high school seniors to prepare their graduation projects, many of which utilize SMART Boards. He said the more interactive approach to learning has also proven effective with special needs children.
   
   "They are all very open-ended tools," he said.
   
   Eure said teachers would not have a problem adjusting to the new equipment.

2. 2. Perquimans tech chief earns statewide honor

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   Published on: 4/20/2006   Last Visited: 2/4/2008

   Victor Eure, the technology director for Perquimans County Schools, has made a name for himself by taking advantage of every resource available to him, inside and outside the school system, to improve classroom technology.
   
   Because of his efforts, Eure was named winner of the ninth annual Elsie L. Brumback award during this year's North Carolina Association for Educational Communications and Technology Conference. The award, which recognizes the state's top school technology director, was presented by the Raleigh-based The Centers for Quality Teaching and Learning during the 2006 conference, held in Charlotte March 23.
   
   Eure, 51, said he was surprised when his name was called to accept the award. He didn't realize that Superintendent Ken Wells had submitted his name as a candidate.
   
   "I did not know that I had been nominated for it," Eure said.
   
   Eure said the secret to so much of his success was building private partnerships and seeking grants.
   
   "We're a small district so we've had to collaborate to get a lot of resources together," he said. "You have to put together a lot of partnerships to make this work."
   
   Currently, the district's four schools enjoy a computer-to-student ratio of 1-to-3 , Eure said.
   
   Wells says Eure is the "driving force" behind the school district's technology program.
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   "Although Perquimans County Schools is located in a rural area, students are exposed to the same educational advantages as in larger school districts because of Victor Eure's untiring efforts," Wells said in a statement.
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   According to the CQTL, Eure has attracted more than $1 million in grants that he has spent to improve the district's technology program.
   
   "We all know that Victor's name has become synonymous with technology not just in Perquimans County, but statewide and nationally," David Boliek, chief executive officer of the CQTL, said in a statement.
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   Eure, whose office is located at Perquimans County High School, joined the school district in the late 1980s as the high school's media coordinator. Later, in the early 1990s, Eure was promoted to his current position, he said.

3. 3. www.qtlcenters.org

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   Published on: 1/1/2006   Last Visited: 5/31/2008

   Perquimans County Schools technology director Victor Eure is this year's winner of the Elsie L. Brumback Award from The Centers for Quality Teaching and Learning.The results were announced during the opening session of the NCaect Conference in Charlotte.Eure stood out in a strong field of nominees.Find out why.
   
   NC School Wins National Award