The IEEE Huntsville Section assisted with judging at the Northeast Alabama Council on Technology in Education (ACTE) competition, held at the Von Braun Center South Hall, April 9th. Four local section members participated – Bob Robinson, Willie Fitzpatrick, Jim Covington, Frank Parris, and Jim Kennedy (not pictured). It was yet another opportunity to encourage our youth in their technical pursuits, and listen to their animated descriptions of the projects they’d worked on. “I’m excited to hear what the students have to say,” stated Willie Fitzpatrick, just before the competition began. As always, Sylvia Dean, Jones Valley, Event Coordinator, had a well organized and well run competition, sending our best students to the State competition at Auburn University – Montgomery later this year. Frank Parris judged Web Pages, Level 2 (5th & 6th grade), and was thoroughly impressed with the level of expertise of entrants. “Our First Place winner, Chapin Smith from Oak Park MS, developed her website from scratch using HTML/CSS, versus using a ‘canned’ website template or web development tool. I was quite impressed with her knowledge of HTML, and further impressed with her understanding of CSS, the structured approach to web development,” said Frank. Our local section is very involved in educational activities in our area, and is always looking for new members to assist. If you’re interested in helping out, please contact Frank Parris, and we’ll sign you up!
