There are a variety of activities occurring at SU to
achieve our year-one goals. A summary of our primary activities
follows:
Goal 1
(Improved faculty skills and revision of teacher education curriculum to integrate technology throughout all
programs)
Professional Development
 | The first six day PT3 summer institute was held at Salisbury
University, July 2001. Forty faculty attended the workshops
in teams of six, including arts/science faculty and public school
teachers. The purpose of the institute was to integrate
technology into faculty courses. Description of the institute
is below: |
| The second six day PT3 summer institute was held at Frostburg
State University, July 2002. Click here to learn about PT3 in
the Mountains. |
| Instead of conducting scheduled workshops, in year two we surveyed
the faculty to identify projects that the faculty wanted to work
on. Faculty wanted to work on projects such as WebCt,
PowerPoint, email, course web pages. The UTTA (Undergraduate
Technology Teaching Assistants worked with faculty individually to
work on these projects. During the Fall 2001 semester, UTTA
worked over 46 hours with faculty . One UTTA helped Doug Ball to create a
WebQuest
that was based on a case study of a student being referred for
special education. Students read about the K-12 student's needs and
then had to work through a process to find instructional techniques
and solutions to meet the identified needs. |
Needs Assessment
| During each semester, we surveyed the faculty to determine the use
of technology by faculty. Click here
to examine the findings and conclusions. |
Curriculum Development
| Dr. Ball and Dr. Bond helped the Elementary Education committee to
examine curriculum and discuss ways that the Maryland Teacher
Technology Standards can be met throughout the program. We also
revised syllabi for the Computers in Education courses in our elementary
and secondary
programs. |
Collaborating with K-12 Partners
| Dr. Ball linked with a PDS and provided professional development
in technology for PDS faculty using the mobile laptop cart purchased
through the PT3 grant funds. Tech training and technology
equipment is being provided to the PDS site on an ongoing basis. |
| On-going workshops for faculty, designed to improve skills and to
inform faculty about use of technology in our local schools |
| In December the technology supervisor and a classroom teacher
Tech-Rep made a presentation during a faculty meeting to show
examples of how computers can be used in instruction and as learning
tools in the classroom. |
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