Grant helps ready Moloka‘i Science Mobile
1 July, 2008
Maui Weekly
Even after the closure of Moloka‘i Ranch shut down the only movie theater on the island, Moloka‘i keiki will be able to watch movies—and even make their own. A $25,000 grant from Dowling Community Improvement Foundation is giving Maui Media Lab Foundation (MMLF) the ability to complete the transformation of an old school bus into a “science-mobile,” equipped with satellite TV, wireless internet, and a full HD quality audio visual studio for recording and engineering. The bus, donated to MMLF by MEO, was refurbished by students from Hana, Baldwin and Kekaulike high schools who supplied clean-up, welding, power installation and other work. After re-painting by Moloka‘i High School students, the bus will be housed at the Hawaiian Learning Center and will travel to various schools and events on Moloka‘i where students will learn to film their own sports events, encode the video with software and put it up on their own digital television channel.
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