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Los Alamos helps Intel, National Hispanic Cultural Center open new Española distance learning lab

Intel Corp. and the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) on Wednesday opened the Española TechSitio or technology site, a new distance-learning laboratory located at the Carlos F. Vigil Middle School in Española.

The new facility allows students in the Española school district, as well as community members, the opportunity to communicate and connect with other Hispanic and Latino communities throughout the world.

A joint project with Intel, NHCC and Española Public Schools, the center is one of five proposed TechSitios. Two other TechSitios are currently up and running, including one at the NHCC in Albuquerque and another at El Museo de la Coria in Trujillo, Spain with additional sites planned for Mexico and Costa Rica.

The facility currently consists of six real-time conferencing workstations provided by Intel allowing peer-to-peer or person-to-person conferencing. Ten additional workstations donated by the Los Alamos’ Laboratory Educational Equipment Gift program will come online shortly bringing the total number of workstations to 16.

--Ed Vigil

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