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Press Releases
April 4, 2000
Governor Announces Educational Internet Video
CHARLESTON, W. Va. – In what may be the first online project of its kind in the nation, Governor Cecil H. Underwood today announced that a joint venture of the West Virginia Department of Education and Division of Highways (DOH) will offer students an Internet glimpse into West Virginia's past.
The video program, available April 5 through May 30, will show the results of an archaeological dig on the Reed Farmstead in rural Hardy County. The video was produced by DOH while archaeologists excavated and preserved artifacts found in the planned right-of-way of Corridor H. The long-planned four-lane highway will carry traffic eastward from Elkins to the Virginia border.
"This online video project uses technology so our students today can explore their past as we prepare for a brighter future," Governor Underwood said. "This video represents a unique cooperative effort between two segments of state government, to provide a rare high-tech educational experience for students across the state."
The program details the lifestyle of two families, the Reeds and the Garretts, who lived on the site for about 80 years, beginning about 1807.
The video lesson is geared to middle school, junior high and high school students throughout the state. A Hardy County teacher who was on site during the video shoot developed the lesson plan, which the Department of Education is now distributing statewide. A color brochure, prepared for DOH by consulting engineers Michael Baker Jr. Inc., provides students with additional history and background information.
"This is one more example of the creative ways we can use new technology to give our young people experiences that might otherwise be impossible," Governor Underwood added. "Further, the program will be available to every adult in the state and, for that matter, everywhere around the world."
The Reed Farmstead program will be available through the Corridor H Web site at http://www.wvcorridorh.com. Most viewers will be able to download free software to view the program. That software also will be available through the same web site.
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