Keynote Speakers: Dr. Sharmila (Pixy) Ferris, Professor, Interpersonal Communication
Dr. Susan Godar, Chair of Marketing and Management Sciences/Associate Professor
‘Using Videotape Cases to Develop Teachers' Understanding of Young Children's Mathematical Thinking’
Integrating Technology Into Teaching and Learning
Series: Faculty to Faculty Best Practices Showcase 2005
Presenters: Rochelle Goldberg Kaplan, Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, William Paterson University
Anita A. Kumar, Graduate Assistant, VITAL Project, William Paterson University
Synopsis: This presentation will describe a technique for using videotaped case study materials through at-home tape previewing and online discussions of the videotape content. The format was used during the piloting of a new graduate course on Mathematics for Young Children. The course was developed as part of an externally funded project to increase the knowledge of early childhood educators about the development of mathematics concepts and procedures in preschool through grade 3 children. The project will be extended as part of an NSF collaboration between William Paterson University and Columbia University that will incorporate Columbia's Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning system (VITAL) as a distance-learning tool at WPUNJ.
Presenters: Dorothy Baldwin, Assistant Professor, School of Education ,Fairleigh Dickinson University
Synopsis: Enhancing Education with E-Portfolios explores the implementation of the electronic portfolio as a means to integrate technology into the curriculum and assess learning outcomes of the pre-service teacher to support the New Jersey Standards for Professional Assessment on the Metropolitan Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University.
‘Power of Media Literacy in Social Studies Curriculum: Virtual Collaboration in Teacher Education’
Integrating Technology Into Teaching and Learning
Series: Faculty to Faculty Best Practices Showcase 2005
Presenters: Melda Yildiz, Assistant Professor, Secondary and Middle School, William Paterson University
Dr. Burt Weltman
Dr. Jennifer Chen
Synopsis:
In this presentation, we share our research based on an interdisciplinary online course called, "Rediscovering History through Media Education." This course explores creative strategies to integrate new media and technologies into the social studies curriculum and outlines activities, exercises, and assessment strategies that align with the curriculum standards addressing Media Literacy and Social Studies curriculum. The presentation describes teacher candidates' reactions, discoveries, and experiences with media; showcases their exploration of and rediscovery on History; and focuses on reconstructing curriculum in teacher education programs through the process of producing video documentaries; researching historical documents; deconstructing social studies history books and curricula using Semiotics Theory and Multicultural perspective. Details and course outline is at http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/yildizm/RH/
‘Developing an Online Course within Blackboard for Academically Gifted and Talented Youth’
Integrating Technology Into Teaching and Learning
Series: Faculty to Faculty Best Practices Showcase 2005
Presenters: Patty Kahn, Manager, Technology & Training, Montclair State University
Steve Nash, Director, Gifted & Talented, Montclair State University
Abby Hersch, Instructor, Elizabeth Public School Districtk, Montclair State University
Synopsis:
Montclair State University is committed to the public by offering non-credit curriculums to academically gifted youth by providing challenging learning opportunities. The Gifted and Talented Program approached Information Technology to offer assistance in developing an online curriculum using Blackboard to distribute online content for their Creative Writing and Problem Solving courses. Using Blackboard as the learning management tool, online classes were developed providing simple navigation to powerfully enriched content in an online learning atmosphere. This presentation displays the completed online courses and discusses the challenges that the instructors and instructional designers underwent during the development of these online courses.
‘Applying the visual, verbal and kinesthetic modes of perception to interpretation of graphs through the calculator-based laboratory and graphing calculator technology’
Integrating Technology Into Teaching and Learning
Series: Faculty to Faculty Best Practices Showcase 2005
Deborah Bennett, Professor, Mathematics and Elementary & Secondary Education, New Jersey City University
Synopsis:
CBL (Calculator-Based Laboratory) and CBR (Calculator-Based Ranger) technology incorporate real-time data collection with graphical representation to enhance student understanding of function and rates of change. Applicable to mathematics, nursing, physical science, and mathematics/science methods classes, these strategies combine the visual, verbal, and movement channels of perception through multiple representations of change. This session provides a model for classrooms where students connect graphs with physical concepts and communicate their interpretation and understanding
Panel:
Blake Haggerty, NJIT
Patricia Tamburelli County College of Morris
Catherine Kelley Farleigh Dickenson University
Norah Kerr McCurry, Brookdale Community College
Sandie Miller, William Patterson University
Kenneth Ronkowitz, NJIT (moderator)
