Symposium Program

Wednesday—June 19, 2002

Symposium Opening Session
12:45 - 1:50 p.m.

Welcome: James L. Poirot, Ph.D. Anacacho Ballroom—First Floor
James Poirot led the efforts for the formation of the Texas Center for Educational Technology and has been the executive director since its 1988 inception. A Regents Professor in the Department of Technology and Cognition at the University of North Texas, Poirot is a leader in educational technology and has a strong commitment to activities that facilitate the integration of technology.

Spotlight Speaker: Donald G. Knezek, Ph.D. Anacacho Ballroom—First Floor
Don Knezek is recognized nationally and internationally for his leadership for technology in schools. Dr. Knezek serves as the director of the National Center for Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (NCPT3) and the Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA) Project. Recently Knezek took the helm as CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

Workshop
2:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Connecting Teachers and Technology St. Anthony—First Floor
Presenters: Linda S. Hodges, University of North Texas, Texas Center for Educational Technology
Kuang-Ting Shiue, University of North Texas, Texas Center for Educational Technology
Chad Winters, University of North Texas, Texas Center for Educational Technology
Teaching using multimedia provides opportunities for multidimensional learning designed for a variety of learning styles and interests. The Technology Leadership Web Library is designing such online learning tools. In this workshop, you will have an opportunity to discuss, question and share experiences about creating multimedia-teaching materials, making the materials accessible and teaching with multimedia materials. The presenters will include a curriculum developer, programmer and videographer. Participants will receive a CD version of the TL Web Library ADAMs (Activities Designed Around Multimedia) as well as materials on how to develop your own multimedia materials.

Breakout Sessions
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

The BT3 Consortium: Building Teams for
Teaching with Technology Bowie—Third Floor
Presenters: Allison McKissack, PT3 project coordinator, St. Edward’s University
Robin Zuniga, Flashlight Group, Teaching and Learning with Technology Group
This session will showcase the BT3 Consortium. BT3 is developing a model for incorporating a hands-on, collaborative technology training session into the teacher preparation curriculum. Through horizontal partnerships between schools and agencies and vertical partnerships between teachers and learners, the Consortium trains intern teachers in the uses of technology, develops and implements technology-rich curricula in elementary, middle, and high schools and advances a collaborative model of teacher preparation.

Integrating Theory and Practice through E-Education
in Teacher Preparation Lafitte—Third Floor
Presenter: Sue K. Marshall, University of California, Irvine
Participants will learn about the E-Education Program in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. The interventions of the E-Education program are all concerned with integrating theory and practice through the use of pre-service teachers’ situated learning in authentic classroom settings. Pre-service teachers engage in computer-supported, knowledge-building activities in which connections are made between theoretical perspectives (pedagogic and learning theory and teaching standards) and instructional practice.

K-12/PS10 Strand (Session 1) Georgian—First Floor
Presenters: TCET Technology Services Division
This special strand has been created to provide technology professional development for K-12 attendees. Topics and discussions are tailored to meet the needs and requests from K-12 educators. This strand will target teachers, technology coordinators and administrators.

Project INSITE: Inventing New Strategies for Integrating
Technology into Education Coronado—Third Floor
Presenter: Melissa Tothero, University of Texas, Austin
Melissa LeBoeuf Tothero, PT3 Project Coordinator, presents a unique professional development model for technology integration that provides support, training and technology tools for UTeach supervising and mentor teachers. The purpose of the PT3 grant, Inventing New Strategies for Integrating Technology into Education (INSITE), is to develop a scalable model of a technology-infused educational program for the next generation of middle and high school teachers of mathematics and science. INSITE brings together key players from the core content courses, professional sequence courses and field experiences, facilitates collaboration among these key players and provides the technology-related expertise they need to model exemplary educational technology in science and mathematics.

PT3: Service Learning and Reverse Mentoring Alamo—Third Floor
Presenter: Amy Leh, California State University, San Bernardino
This presentation explains how service learning and reverse mentoring are integrated into Educational Technology graduate courses in which students mentor university faculty of the PT3 project.

Using Computer-Based Modules to Prepare Pre-Service Teachers
for Future Learning in the School LaSalle—Third Floor
Presenters: Chrystal Dean, doctoral student, Mathematics Education, Vanderbilt University
Lori Tyler, doctoral student, Mathematics Education, Vanderbilt University
Session reports the results from a pilot study of Web-based modules in a master’s level advanced teaching of elementary mathematics methodology course. Mathematics methods courses should do more than try to inform future teachers about content and pedagogy. Teacher educators have a responsibility to prepare pre-service teachers for their future learning as classroom teachers. In the context of computer based modular design (Brofey, 2000), goals have been developed to bridge this gap between the university and the school classroom.

Afternoon Break
Anacacho Balcony—First Floor
3:00 - 3:20 p.m.

Breakout Sessions
3:20 - 4:20 p.m.

CIRCUIT: Collaboration, Inquiry and Reflection
United with Instructional Technology Lafitte—Third Floor
Presenters: Bill Fisk, Educational Foundations, Clemson University
Chris Peters, Educational Foundations, Clemson University
Anna Baldwin, Project CIRCUIT
This session will present a model that combines inquiry learning, with collaborative reflective professional practice and use of instructional technology in an undergraduate teacher training program. The model will be presented and discussion will follow. Teacher educators and K-12 teachers with an interest in any of these areas — cooperative reflection, inquiry and technology (especially ISTE NETS) — will benefit by understanding the model and seeing how it can apply to their situation.

Electronic Portfolios: Triumphs and Troubles Bowie—Third Floor
Presenters: Leslie Abarr-Chandler, Northwest Missouri State University
John Fletcher, Northwest Missouri State University
This presentation will be a discussion of electronic portfolios and how they have been implemented by Northwest Missouri State University. The discussion will revolve around Northwest’s experiences and how other universities might implement similar programs, avoid pitfalls and make electronic portfolios fit the needs of the institution.

Impact of Student TLC on Faculty Technology Integration Efforts Coronado—Third Floor
Presenters: Karen Ryan, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Mary Lundeberg, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
So-young Zeon, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
This presentation will explore the advantages and challenges of employing pre-service teachers to mentor faculty and teachers in technology. It will also demonstrate ways in which students in the Technology Leadership Cadre have benefited the university and schools and have gained valuable leadership skills.

K-12/PS10 Strand (Session 2) Georgian—First Floor
Presenters: TCET Technology Services Division
This special strand has been created to provide technology professional development for K-12 attendees. Topics and discussions are tailored to meet the needs and requests from K-12 educators. This strand will target teachers, technology coordinators and administrators.

Spreading Technological Wisdom:
PT3 & The University of Colorado at Denver Alamo—Third Floor
Presenters: Judith Duffield, project director, University of Colorado at Denver
Geraldine DiPalma, project manager, University of Colorado at Denver
Jami Goetz, diversity specialist, University of Colorado at Denver
Susan Borzych, site technician, University of Colorado at Denver
Dianna Lawyer-Brook, evaluator
This is a program to reach six school districts. The vision is to merge teacher candidates’ use of technology into every aspect of their careers. Some teachers are still reluctant to use computers while other teachers permeate their lessons with computers and classroom technologies. How can we encourage our future teachers to expand their own and their students’ technological skills?

The Technology and Learning Metamorphosis:
Grow Your Own Change LaSalle—Third Floor
Presenters: Shannon Parks, Alabama State Department of Education
Stephanie B. Ash, University of Alabama at Birmingham
See how your school/institution can use the AlaPT3 collaboration model to spawn change and transform the P-20 community’s use of technology, beginning with the NETS standards. AlaPT3 works in six areas: a statewide collaboration to develop state technology standards and resources for teachers and administrators, statewide technology use assessment, development and implementation of teacher technology standards, development of a best practices network, development of the resources and supporting statewide technology initiatives to sustain the work.

PT3 Roundtable
Peraux Room—First Floor
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

TCET Symposium PT3 Roundtable
(Topic/Facilitator/Scribe)
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
St. Anthony’s (Peraux Room—1st Floor)

1. Sustainability
Facilitator: Mary Gawron MGawron@coefs.coe.unt.edu
Scribe: Barbara Ashmore bashmore@coefs.coe.unt.edu

2. Digital Equity
Facilitator: Nancy Allen nancy@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu
Scribe: Karin Wiburg kwiburg@nmsu.edu
Manuel Bustamante mbustamante@nmsu.edu

3. Best Practices
Facilitator: Beverly Rodgers Rodgers@coefs.coe.unt.edu
Scribe: * to be named

4. Technology for Pre-Service Teachers
Facilitator: Chrystal Dean chrystal.dean@vanderbilt.edu
Scribe: John Dawson dawson@coefs.coe.unt.edu

5. On-Line Education
Facilitator: Larry Banks larrybanks@smsu.edu
Scribe: Jennifer Reed reed@coefs.coe.unt.edu

6. Video Teaching/Learning Tool
Facilitator: Linda Hodges lhodges@coefs.coe.unt.edu
Scribe: Chad Winters winters@coefs.coe.unt.edu

7. Faculty Development
Facilitator: Coral Noonan coral_noonan@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu
Scribe: Lemoyne Dunn dunn@coefs.coe.unt.edu

8. Mentoring
Facilitator: Jeri Carroll jeri.carroll@wichita.edu
Scribe: *Allison McKissack allisonm@admin.stedwards.edu

9. E-Portfolios
Facilitator: Leslie Abarr-Chandler lchand@mail.nwmissouri.edu
Scribe: Sue Marshall smarshal@uci.edu

10. Reluctant Technology Users
Facilitator: Keith Restine restine@coefs.coe.unt.edu
Scribe: *Geraldine DePalma Geraldine_DePalma@coe.cudenver.edu

* unconfirmed

Reception
Starlight Terrace—Tenth Floor
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Post Reception Event
Sponsored by: Corbey Company
(Meet in Lobby, St. Anthony’s Hotel)
Location: Howl at the Moon
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.