In January 2001 I assumed the position of PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technoogy) Grant Professional Development Coordinator. In this capacity I am responsible for helping our pre-service teaching faculty integrate and model good use of technology in their teaching. Below is a summary of some of my accomplishments during the January 2001 to April 2002 time period
Web pages: These are web pages I created specifically to provide ideas and resources for our faculty to use technology in their teaching and professional practices.
- 10 Ways to Use Technology in Your Teaching:
- Using Technology With PreService Students
- PreService Student Resources
- Secondary Science and Technology
- Taking an Online Course
- Teaching an Online Course
- Electronic Portfolios
- Multicultural Children's Literature
- Presentations:
- Advisory Board: January 9, 2001 Familiarize board with grant goals and status
- CESS: To familiarize faculty with our grant February 23, 2001
- DOE: Dec, 1, 2001 Familiarize Department with grant goals and resources.
- Burlington H.S. (PowerPoint Presentation) to familiarize faculty with our grant and recruit for our summer courses. April 1, 2001
- Dynamic Landscapes May 2001
- : Electronic Portfolios : For Learning and Assessment
- Our Technology F.E.A.T.: To familiarize Vermont Educators with our grant.
- NECC'2001: Panel Discussion: Build a Community of Learners to Support Faculty and Students
- Presentation to technology donor July 01 (received donation)
- Pt3 Grant Director's Meeting Washington DC: July 2001: Professional Development: A mutli-pronged approach to Professional Development: Street Fair
- New CESS Faculty Breakfast, Aug 22, 2001 Update on PT3 grant
- Advisory Board Sept 14, 2001 on grant progress
- St. Mikes Graduate Course:Our Technology F.E.A.T.October 4 to Frank Watson's class
- VermontFest2001: Nov 1-2, 2001
- Electronic Portfolios Light up your Life,
- The Trials and Tribulations of Online Learning
- Changing the Expert Model
- Dynamic Landscapes: May 6, 2002 (accepted) Taking an OnLine Course
- EdMedia 02 Denver Colorado: (accepted) June 2002
- Evolving Electronic Portfolios (Poster Session and Paper)
- Students Teaching Faculty
- Workshops
- Fall 2001 professional Development Schedule of Workshops
- Vt.Fest 01 Photoshop 6.0 Workshop
- Intersession Schedule: During the 2001 Intersession break
- Spring Workshops: I also developed a series of spring workshops based on faculty assessment needs and offered half and full day lessons on:
- PowerPoint
- Netscape Composer
- Photoshop
- Physical Education Students: I conducted two -three hour workshops for students in PE Methodology to learn how to use publish web pages.
- Portfolio Class for Elementary Education Seniors: Presented to Elementary Senior Portfolio Class on eportfolios and iMovies.
- Secondary Science Education: Three hour class to show ways to use technology in science teaching at the middle and secondary levels. WebSite developed. Secondary Science and Technology
- Oct 17, 2001 PowerPoint workshop for Physical Education Faculty
- IMovie for Literacy Block Students (Feb. 25, 2002)
- Children's Multicultural Literature April 2, 2002
- Web Publishing -PE class April 5, 2002
- PowerPoint- PE Class April, 10 and 15, 2002
- Courses developed
- Electronic Portfolios taught July 9 -13, 2001
- Standards into Action taught July 23-July 27, 2001
- WebCT Modules: provided extensive feedback and content for two modules: Integrating Technology into Higher Education and Electronic Portfolios
- Using and Integrating web resources in K-12: Summer 2001 Online Course offered through Webct.
- Electronic Portfolios, Level II to be taught July, 2002
- Standards into Action 2002, July, 2002
- Handouts/forms
- iMovie
- Faculty Personal Technology Plan
- Using Netscape Composer
- Technology Interest Inventory of Faculty: Results in graph format: Graph one and Graph two
- Where to get Technology help at UVM
- Adding video to a web page
- Photoshop 6.0 basics and text
- Photoshop 6.0 Working with Photos
- PowerPoint Instructions
- Taking an Online Course
- Teaching an Online Course
- Managing FIles When Web Publishing
- Misc.
- Grant Reviewer for Tier 1 and Tier II, Pt3 Implementation. March and April 2001
- In the 2001 Spring semester I supervised three Independent studies:
- One student is developing a Hyperstudio teaching stack for Lake Champlain Basin Science Center,
- another student taught PowerPoint to two Edmunds middle school classes and
- a PE student developed a website and worked with a PE faculty member to help her develop a site about MS.
- In the 2001 Fall semester I supervised three independent studies:
- reviewed elementary math software and published these on her site
- Another created a webpage for an elementary class and
- published resources useful to a geography teacher
- Mentor for Jenna Pelletier from Mt. Anthony? Electronic Student Portfolios
- Facilitated connection of UVM to Columbus HS Telecommunication project.
- In the 2002 Spring semester, four independent studies
- created a web page of how to use HyperStudio in the classroom
- created a web page of how to use KidPix in the classroom
- technology intern in K-12
- technology intern in K-12
- Reviewer forNECC 2002 applications for presentations and publishing
- Reviewed and consulted foliolive for MacGraw Hill, a web-based portfolio system
- CS major for elementary education students
- Committees/Boards
- Laptop Inquiry Committee-Jan 2002 to present
- Portfolio Committee
- College representative to Faculty Senate Technology Committee
- CESS technology committee -Jan 2002 to present
- Board of Directors Vita-Learn
- Planning Board of Dynamic Landscapes 2002
- Responsible for NCATE response to technology standards for unit
- Feedback from faculty