Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 67, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1992 Page: 5 of 14
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Now in its second year, the lab began from a
brainstorming session with the educators that progressed
into Moore and Taylor taking a class in Telecom-
munication In Education from Dr, Gerald Knezek at the
University of North Texas.
On a small scale, the lab gives students something to
look forward to when they come to class each day. But on a
larger scale, says Crutsinger, the lab, with its connection to
an Island in the Pacific and to the Hawaiian Islands, allows
the students to see past their own backyards.
"A lot of them will never dream past Sanger, Texas
unless you give them an opportunity to dream past Sanger,
Texas, and that's what we try to do.” Crutsinger said.
Each clock has a place labeled beneath it. so students
can see the time in Greenwich. Tokyo. Tonga (an Island in
the Pacific). Hawaii and Sanger.
Sure, students know how to operate computers when
they leave Taylor's classroom, but they also have grasped
the concept that there are people in the world who aren't on
the same time as that used in Sanger. It's a concept that
many adults don't have, Crutsinger said.
'The purpose of geolnfomatics is to present as broad a
picture of technology as possible, and one of the ways we're
doing that is through telecommunications." Taylor said.
One of the most innovative parts of the lab. which is. in
fact, already outdated, is what is called a "Luma phone."
which allows both the students in the lab and students they
are talking to the opportunity to take a still photograph of
themselves and send it in less than 3 seconds.
Sanger students have spoken to students in a lab school
connected with the University of Hawaii who also have a
Luma phone. "It's not the very latest technology, but it's
better than anything we had ever had before," Taylor said.
Crutsinger said this Is one of the major learning tools in
the lab.
"When they can talk to kids In Hawaii about the
environment in Hawaii or about what it's like to go through
a hurricane, they get a lot more out of it," he said.
They're learning different ways of communication that
can be used in the business world. They know terms that
will help when they go to high school or when they go to an
employer," Crutsinger added.
The first project the lab did was send pen pal letters to
Pohoa High School in Pohoa, Hawaii. The Sanger students
sent a videotape, and the culmination of the project was a
session where they spoke live to the Hawaiian students.
Another major component of the geolnfomatics Lab is a
Maximum/Minlmum Temperature System device, a 5-inch
by 7-tnch box that has an underground cable connected to a
fenced-in area with a thermometer. The box continuously
shows the temperature, and Taylor can press a button that
will show the maximum and minimum temperature for the
day.
Taylor and her students have the responsibility of
calling the National Weather Service In Fort Worth every
day at 8 a.m. and stating the high and low temperature for
the previous 24-hour period on a recording. The dally
results also are turned in each week and printed in the
Sanger Courier.
A rain gauge in the Middle School parking lot which
studems must go outside and read and then call In to the
National Weather Service is another important part of the
Middle School Weather Station.
Taylor said she realizes that the temperature in Sanger
may not be that important to the professional weather
persons, but the rain measurements are Important for
official records because Sanger is part of the Trinity River
watershed.
She and her students found out one day Just how
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important their records are. They mistakenly called in a
rainfall amount that was much too high, and a few minutes
later an official with the National Weather Service called to
check to make sure Sanger had actually received that much
rain.
As part of the ham radio set-up at the lab. the Middle
School is a member of what is called PEACESAT. which
stands for Pacific Education and Communications
Experiments by Satellites. Dr Gerald Knezek of UNT helped
Sanger become a member of the organization, which links
Sanger with other schools or individuals that are also
members of PEACESAT.
Through this set-up. Sanger was able to make a
connection to Rarotonga, a tiny island in the Paciflfek_pne
day last year, the students also were able to hook upynd
carry on a conversation with the chief meteorologist at Wh
South Pole.
"The main benefit from this is they understand kids
from other countries," Taylor said. The main thing is
really Just getting kids exposed to this type of
communication."
Taylor, who always enjoyed school as a child, said she
likes the lab because she likes to see kids interested in a new
challenge.
"I like to work with kids. It's always challenging because
the technology changes every day." she said.
Taylor switched careers to teaching after being an
accountant for the Dallas Times Herald and after some time
out to have her children. She and her husband. Don, moved
to Sanger from Dallas after he began working for Victor
Equipment in Denton.
"We decided we didn't want to live in Denton, so we
moved to Sanger," Taylor said. She has a degree in business
education and computer literacy, and she taught English
one year before she started the computer literacy program at
the Middle School. She is the only teacher the program has
had.
The Taylors have three sons, David. 16; Greg. 14; and
Matt, 12. Taylor also teaches ninth and 10th-grade girls'
Sunday School at First Baptist Church in Sanger.
Crutsinger said Taylor is one of those teachers who can
always be counted on.
"She's always willing to go the extra mile, one, to see that
the students' needs are met. and two. to see that the school
itself will be the best that it can be. She leads by simply
doing things that need to be done," he said.
"Mrs. Taylor is really respected by the staff." he said.
"She's not a real vocal person, but when she talks, people
listen."
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Walk into Patricia Taylor's classroom at SangerzMlddle
School and Immediately you realize this is not your normal
computer classroom. Sure, there are 17 computers on the
desks, but there are also Jive clocks on the wall, a special
telephone that has the capability to transmit photos, a
ham radio and a special thermometer that changes
temperature before your eyes.
And to hear school administrators and other officials
describe her, Mrs. Taylor, who is into her ninth year at the
Middle School, is no normal teacher.
Taylor, along with Sanger school administrator David
Moore, Superintendent Jim Coulston and Principal Kent
Crutsinger. are responsible for the geoInformatics lab that
has brought Sanger schools much publicity and that is being
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Johnson, Betty. Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 67, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1992, newspaper, April 9, 1992; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299803/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sanger Public Library.