Moffitt Cancer Center Earns Prestigious Nursing Designation

Moffitt pano exterior with bridge-for print_300Already a leader in cancer research and treatment, the Moffitt Cancer Center (photo) continues to build its reputation as one of the premier cancer research centers in the country, and it’s located only about two miles south of Tampa Palms on the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus off Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., south of E. Fletcher Ave.Continue reading

Turner-Bartels Students Test Out School’s New Laptops During Presentation

HCSD superintendent of curriculum Denny Oest (left) and principal Jonathan Grantham, Ph. D., assist fourth grade students at the Turner-Bartels K-8 Center with the school’s new HP laptop computers during a presentation on February 10.
HCSD superintendent of curriculum Denny Oest (left) and principal Jonathan Grantham, Ph. D., assist fourth grade students at the Turner-Bartels K-8 Center with the school’s new HP laptop computers during a presentation on February 10.

By Matt Wiley

Technology is changing the way students learn and interact in the classroom. And, thanks to a $1.8-million Digital Classroom Plan Grant from the state, the Hillsborough County School District (HCSD) has been able to purchase and provide 25 laptop computers at more than 100 schools. One of the first to try the new laptops out was the Turner-Bartels K-8 Center, located off Imperial Oak Blvd. in the Live Oak Preserve development in New Tampa.Continue reading