Summary of NECC Conference (San Antonio  Texas June 17-19th, 2002)

  1. ETO-COE/QACPS presentation regarding our partnership.  Additionally, it talks about the QACPS teacher assessment piece (http://ccenter.uoregon.edu/conferences/necc2002/program/presenter_pdfs/brown_david_nettec.pdf ) — Over 70 participants attended this presentation and were especially interested in the assessment piece and how we “start and end” within the university scheduling calendar

 

  1. QACPS/ETO-COE-UMCP Poster session with Dave Rose from Queen Anne’s County regarding assistive technology for the regular classroom teacher and the ETO/UMCP Assistive Technology - Outreach training/course. (http://ccenter.uoregon.edu/conferences/necc2002/program/presenter_pdfs/rose_dave_AT_Lessons.pdf )
  2. Xybernaut Corporation (wireless wearable computers)/ETO-COE-UMCP exhibit.  Through the Xybernaut/ ETO partnership,  ETO-COE is exploring the application of wearable computers in the classroom setting (http://www.xybernaut.com/newxybernaut/Solutions/product/XyberKids_product.htm )

 

  1. Davina Pruitt-Mentle’s presentation Closing the Digital Divide: Central American Perspectives on Technology Use. (http://www.edtechpolicy.org/Presentations/NECC2002/fullpaper.pdf and http://www.edtechpolicy.org/Presentations/NECC2002/necc_2002.ppt) .   and  Margaret Reil’s (Pepperdine) presentation The Digital Divide and the Learning Needs of Hispanic Students  (http://cartera.uoregon.edu/program2002/FMPro?-db=NECC2002_Master.fmp5&-lay=SES_webscreen_all&-format=ses_sumb.html&ID3=1879Riel&-SortField=last%20name&-SortOrder=descend&-Find) addressed the growing emphasis on technology access and instruction to an increasing US  Hispanic population.

 

  1. Attended David Dwyer’s presentation Kids, Technology, and the Need to Reshape Education http://cartera.uoregon.edu/program2002/FMPro?-db=NECC2002_Master.fmp5&-lay=SES_webscreen_all&-format=ses_sumc.html&ID3=2174Dwye&-SortField=title&-SortOrder=descend&-Find

 

 

6.     Attended Stan Bennett’s PT3 presentation (http://ccenter.uoregon.edu/conferences/necc2002/program/presenter_pdfs/bennett_stan_technology.pdf)  

 

  1. Contacts made with Open Book and Wireless Generation.http://www.openbooklearning.com/ and http://wgen.net.nxlkhost.com/    Set up time to meet and see how ETO might incorporate materials and software into our PD activities. 
  2. Spoke with numerous other universities and corporations.  One of interest which I will share with Dr. Wiseman is Emporia State University’s Folio Rubric example-Standards and Indicators integrating technology NCATE standards