26th Annual MSU Technology Conference

Department: College-wide
Details: November 14, 2009, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Erickson Hall
Description: Registration is now available for the 26th annual MSU College of Education Technology Conference. This is an opportunity to learn and share ideas about using technology in the classroom with educators from across Michigan.

Workshops and information sessions on a variety of topics will be held throughout the day following a featured presentation from Andy Losik, the 2009 MACUL Technology Using Educator of the Year.

Losik teaches elementary information technology classes at Bentheim and Blue Star Elementary Schools in Hamilton, Michigan and has a blog and resource page called Infotech with Mr. Losik. He is a Star Discovery Teacher and Google Certified Teacher as well.

The registration fee is $15 for MSU students, interns and alumni association members. For all others, the cost is $20. An additional fee of $10 is required for workshops.

Consider starting or renewing your Alumni Association membership to receive the discounted conference registration.

Visit www.education.msu.edu/registration/edtechconference for more information.

Follow the conference on Twitter with @COETechConf09 and use the tag #coetc09.

CEPSE WEB SITE GETS A FACE LIFT

Over the past several months directors, coordinators and secretaries of each program in the Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education (CEPSE) Department  were asked to review their web sites in anticipation of the upcoming redesign of the department web site.  All of their hard work and the hard work of the College of Education web team, Sueriya Pasupathy and Emily Brozovic, paid off  with the unveiling of the new, innovative site.  You can check it out at http://www.educ.msu.edu/cepse/.  Let’s us know what you think!

This is just one of many web projects that the College of Education has undergone.  Most of the other departments within the College have revised their web sites to help create a more updated and consistent look.  Pictures on all the department web sites have also been updated to showcase the newly renovated Erickson Hall giving those of you who are alumni a chance to see how far the building has come.  The final project will be the overall College of Education site so stay tuned for future updates.

College of Education Graduate School Programs Top National Rankings:  7 Graduate Programs in the Top 10

MSU’s College of Education has done it again. For the 15th year in a row the college’s graduate programs in elementary and secondary education have been ranked number 1 in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report guide to “America’s Best Graduate Schools”.

A total of seven educational specialties at Michigan State University placed within the top-10 based on a survey of more than 278 education school deans across the country. They include rehabilitation counseling, which retained its No. 1 ranking (from 2007), curriculum and instruction (No. 2), higher education administration (No. 4), educational psychology (No. 5) and administration/supervision (No. 8). In addition, the College of Education was ranked 17th overall.

“For 15 years now, these rankings have recognized our continuing commitment to address critical issues in education through both high quality research and teaching,” said Carole Ames, dean of the College of Education. “We take pride in our faculty and programs that prepare effective, global-minded educators for the challenges of the future.”

• Elementary Education — #1 for the 15th year
• Secondary Education — #1 for the 15th year
• Rehabilitation Counseling –#1 (shared rank with Univ. Wisconsin)*
• Curriculum & Instruction–#2
• Higher Education Administration–#4
• Educational Psychology–#5 (Shared with Univ. Illiois-Urbana-Champaign)*
• Administration & Supervision (K-12)–#8

The magazine ranks the nation’s 278 graduate education schools that grant doctorates or Ed.S. degrees. The rankings are based on six attributes:

• reputation
• faculty resources
• research activity
• student selectivity
• overall rank
• specialty rankings

See more details about our ranking categories or visit the U.S. News site for the nationwide listings.

I am Dr. Punya Mishra, Director of the MAET program at Michigan State University. As we all know, technology is changing at an amazing pace. These changes offer great possibilities but also challenges to us as educators.

Our MAET program, housed in one of the highest ranked colleges of Education, offers teachers a conceptually grounded, hands-on experience with teaching and learning with technology. The emphasis is not just on learning “cool tools” (though that does happen) but rather on developing transformational and creative approaches to teaching subject matter in real contexts. All this is done in an intense but engaging series of experiences led by a select team of instructors who seek to model and scaffold similar approaches in the summer cohort.

I am particularly proud of the East Lansing summer program where you will take classes that will apply towards your master’s degree in Educational Technology.  After completing the Educational Technology Certificate Program, students apply to the Master’s program to join the East Lansing summer cohort.

This hybrid version of the program combines the power of working together in a summer cohort with the flexibility of completing courses during the academic year. Participants come together for two weeks of face-to-face on-campus in East Lansing from June 17 – July 1, 2009 and then meet online from July 2 – July 29. On July 30, 2009 students will reconvene on campus. This makes for a unique and intense experience to work, learn and collaborate with each other and the instructors in a face-to-face setting that is hard to duplicate. Our graduates speak highly of this experience.

We know you have many choices available to you today. Our goal, here at the MAET program, is to offer you a master’s program that help develop ways of thinking and doing that will stand you in good stead as a professional in the years to come.

You can find application materials at

http://edutech.msu.edu/apply_masters.html.

For more information, feel free to contact me or Leigh Graves Wolf at gravesle@msu.edu and check out our social networks where you can interact with current students and alumni:

MACUL Space –
http://maculspace.ning.com/group/msuedutech

Facebook –
http://msu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7822384107

Applications are due soon and we would be very honored to have you as a member of the 2009 summer cohort.

Do let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely

~ punya mishra

MAET STUDENT NEWS AND SUMMER 2009 DATES HAVE BEEN SET

MAET Student News

MAET student Michael Hughes (Plymouth, England Class of 2009) was appointed to the Apple Distinguished Educator Class of 2008. Michael is an English and Social Studies teacher at Jakarta International School in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) program is a relationship program focused on educational excellence and leadership. ADEs are members of a select group of K-12 and Higher Education professionals possessing an identified expertise in educational technology leadership. This group of over 1200 educators spans the globe with membership in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Latin America, and Asia. Congrats Michael!

MAET student Stephanie Peterson applied for and received a grant this fall from the MEEMIC Foundation for the Future of Education. In January, she’ll be receiving $1300 to buy a class set of headsets with microphones. The goal of her project is to increase oral proficiency and listening and speaking skills through the use of innovative and modern technologies. Using the headsets, her students will be experimenting with podcasting, digital storytelling, and will create a digital audio portfolio to showcase their work.  Congratulations Stephanie!

Summer 2009 Dates

Plymouth, England
In Plymouth, England you will earn the master’s degree in Educational Technology from Michigan State University while staying in-residence at the University of Plymouth in southwest England. Studying in Plymouth provides an opportunity for International Baccalaureate (IB), Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS) and other domestic and international school educators a chance to work, learn and collaborate in a face-to-face setting. The program will run from Sunday, June 28 – Friday, July 24, 2009

East Lansing Summer Cohort – CEP800, CEP815 & CEP822
After completing the Educational Technology Certificate Program, students may apply to the Master’s program to join the East Lansing summer cohort. This hybrid version of the program combines the power of working together in a summer cohort with the flexibility of completing courses during the academic year. Participants come together for two weeks of face-to-face on-campus in East Lansing from June 17 – July 1, 2009 and then meet online from July 2 – July 29. On July 30, 2009 students will reconvene on campus to share final course projects.

Registration for the 25th Annual College of Education Technology Conference is now open. It will be held on Saturday, September 27th, 2008. Mark your calendars for a day filled with sessions with practioners using technology in their classrooms and hands-on workshops to learn new technology skills to take back to your own classroom.

The price for the morning is $7 for students, interns and alumni and $21 for all others. The afternoon workshops are $9 for students, interns and alumni and $25 for all others.

Our keynote address, titled “Geek Your Teaching” will be given by Marilyn Western, the 2008 MACUL Technology Teacher of the Year. Marilyn works at McGuire Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant Public Schools and has her own website Technology Tips for Classroom Teachers at www.edzone.net/~mwestern.

For more information, please visit the Technology Conference website.

http://ott.educ.msu.edu/ctt/techconf/default.asp

Center for Teaching and Technology
133 Erickson Hall
Phone 517-432-4329
ctt@cimsu.org

Technology Interns in Education
133 Erickson Hall
517-355-TIES(8437)
ties@msu.edu

We are always excited to hear when past and current students in our program have been recognized for their accomplishments. This quarter we have several former and current students that we would like to recognize.

First Chad Casciani, 2007 graduate of the Master’s in Educational Technology program in Plymouth, England, was awarded the 2009 District Teacher of the Year by DoDDS Korea. To read more about the award and Chad’s accomplishments you can visit Teacher of the Year announcement.

In addition several of our former Certificate and/or Masters students were recent finalist in the Walter P. Chrysler “Closing the Technology Gap in Education” awards. They include Erik Cliff, Mary Lou Krause, Linda Mondol, Merdee Vaughan, Barbara Morely and Emily Parker Pohlonski. The awards, sponsored by The Chrysler Foundation in partnership with the Detroit Science Center, go to public school educators who have taken extra steps to stimulate students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math to pursue careers in technical and scientific fields. To read more about the awards you can visit Chrysler Foundation Awards.

Congratulations to all of you for your hard work and dedication to the teaching profession. We are happy to see your hard work paying off.

If you are a current or former student to our program and have recently been recognized for your accomplishments we would love to hear about it and feature you in an upcoming issue. Contact us at edutech@msu.edu.

Pinckney High School Connects with Algerian High School in E3Link Project

Students at Pinckney High School have been participating in the E3Link Project since the start of the program in September 2006. Recently their connection went beyond the PowerPoint presentations they shared with their partner school. They had the opportunity to connect with their Algerian partner school via a video conference. As part of the video conference U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, made a visit to Pinckney and Ambassador Robert Ford visited the Algerian partner school. Students were able to ask questions of each other to learn more about the other country’s culture. You can read more about the video conference and what students had to say about their experience by visiting http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803050375 and http://www.dailypressandargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20080305/NEWS01/803050330.

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Would you like to complete a master’s degree in Educational Technology and/or earn the Educational Technology (NP) endorsement? If you have already completed the Certificate program, there are two paths to achieving your degree: hybrid and online learning. You may begin the master’s program as early as this spring by taking an online course in the next cluster of courses. During spring semester 2008 we will be offering: CEP 815: Technology and Leadership. The enrollment deadline for the Online Educational Technology Masters is December 14, 2007.

Alternatively, you may enroll for our hybrid program in East Lansing. After acceptance into the Master of Arts in Educational Technology, participants will come together for one month: two weeks of face-to-face and two weeks of virtual sessions. On campus room and board is available for a nominal fee for those traveling from out of town. During the 2008-2009 academic year, students will complete three additional online courses and then return to East Lansing for a capstone seminar in Summer 2009. This version of the program combines the power of working together in a summer cohort with the flexibility of completing courses during the academic year. Enrollment deadline for this program is February 15, 2008. (more…)

Coming September 29th, 2007 to Erickson Hall – Students, Teachers, Alumni, Administrators & Technology Specialists – this is for you!

Sponsored by the College of Education Alumni Association, the 24th Annual Educational Technology Conference will enable you to explore the various dimensions of technology. This includes excellent examples of teaching with technology in K-12 schools, from experts and practicing teachers who actively integrate technology into their curriculum and assessment.

Registration includes a continental breakfast. The conference will be held at Erickson Hall on the MSU campus.

Cost

The conference is $7 for the morning session and $5 for the afternoon session for MSU students, interns and alumni association members. For all others, the cost is $22 for the morning session and $18 for the afternoon session. If you have not recently renewed your Alumni Association membership, you may do so at http://www.msualum.com/ in order to receive the discounted conference registration.

Registration

Registration for the 2007 conference is now open. You can register for the conference at:

http://ott.educ.msu.edu/ctt/techconf/register.asp

After you have registered for the conference, you can pay by cash or check in room 115 Erickson Hall, or you can mail a check to:

Center for Teaching and Technology
attn: Technology Conference
115 Erickson Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824

Please make checks payable to “Michigan State University“

Questions? Comments?

If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Teaching and Technology at 517-355-3801.

Conference Sponsors

The Michigan’s Department of Education has made a change to all endorsements effective immediately. All endorsements are now required to be 20 credits rather than 18 credits. Due to this change our Educational Technology Endorsement has been changed to meet this new requirement.

Originally the Educational Technology Endorsement at Michigan State was 18 credits, 6 courses. It has now changed to be 21 credits, 7 courses. Currently anyone that is pursuing the Endorsement will need to add a 7th course from the Master’s in Educational Technology program.

In order to learn more about the Educational Technology Endorsement please visit the Endorsement page of the Master’s website.

–Carrie Albin, Outreach Coordinator and Co-Editor

The MACUL Conference 2007 is being held at Cobo Hall from March 14-16. This is a great conference for educators to learn more about technology and how it can be applied in the classroom. They have hands on workshops as well as presentations conducted by other educators and educational vendors.

The Educational Technology Certificate Program, the Master’s in Educational Technology and the Confucius Institute will all be represented at booth #436 in the exhibitor hall.Come visit us and learn more about the certificate, endorsement and Master’s programs in Educational Technology. We’d be happy to provide demonstration of our certificate program classes.

Representatives from the Confucius Institute at MSU will also talk about their online materials developed with up-to-date technologies, such as podcasts; 3-D language learning environments (“Second Life”); and other multimedia learning materials that teach adult and K-12 students about Chinese language and culture.

We look forward to seeing you there!

–Carrie Albin, Outreach Coordinator and Co-Editor

The New Educational Technology (NP) Endorsement

This new 6-course endorsement program prepares teachers to utilize technology resources for their own teaching and for student learning in classes for which they hold other endorsements. They are also well-prepared to teach introductory computer-related classes for which no specific endorsement is needed such as Computers, Computer Literacy, Keyboarding, Word Processing, Computer Applications, Web Design, and Introduction to the Internet.

The endorsement courses are being offered during the summer in East Lansing as hybrid courses.   Teachers will attend 10 days of class in the summer starting mid June, work online for the rest of the course duration, and then attend a final day in early August to share projects.   Additional options include a summer program in Traverse City and Plymouth, England or online starting Fall 2007.  Teachers must enroll in the Master of Arts in Educational Technology program in order to take these courses. 

Endorsement Requirements

The endorsement requires the three courses (9 graduate credits) of the Educational Technology Certificate program as well as:

• CEP 800: Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings (3 credits)
• CEP 801: Psychological Development: Learner Differences and Strategies (3 credits)
• CEP 822: Approaches to Educational Research (3 credits)

After completing the 18 graduate credits for the endorsement teachers only need 12 more graduate credits to complete the entire Masters program offered throughout the school year online. 

To learn more about enrolling in the Masters program and obtaining the endorsement you may contact Sue Way at 517-432-7195 or waysusan@msu.edu.

–Carrie Albin, Outreach Coordinator and Co-Editor