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i-TED/i-TOPS What are we doing? Where are we going?

i-TED/i-TOPS What are we doing? Where are we going?. Mhairi (Vi) Maeers David Friesen Alec Couros TL t 2005. Overview of i-TED & i-TOPS. The ICT Landscape. Need: Prepare teachers for the digital age. Provincial confirming landmarks

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i-TED/i-TOPS What are we doing? Where are we going?

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  1. i-TED/i-TOPSWhat are we doing?Where are we going? Mhairi (Vi) Maeers David Friesen Alec Couros TLt 2005

  2. Overview of i-TED & i-TOPS

  3. The ICT Landscape • Need: Prepare teachers for the digital age. • Provincial confirming landmarks • 2000/02 SK Education Indicators and SK Learning (EverGreen Curriculum, GrassRoots, CentraliSchool) • Community Net • BrainBinder Research (2000-2002) • School Plus Study (2001) • Beyond the Mouse and Modem (2003)

  4. i-TED Project (Context) • 3-year collaborative active research project • Replication of the local school mini-lab concept • Interwoven into existing Elementary Teacher Education programs • Builds on about 7 years of successful ICT integration • Creation of i-TeacherEd team

  5. The i-TeacherEd Website • http://education.uregina.ca/iteachered/ • IT modules • Overview of project • Team members • Dissemination of project • Samples of work

  6. Faculty of Education targeted IT initiative • Strategic Opportunities Funding • IT-related proposals • Successful faculty received an i-book and $1000.00 in research money • Commitment to research, training, integration into practice, and use of the i-book cart

  7. Technology Integration & Responsive Leadership

  8. Capacity Building • Promoting the goal of integrating ICTs into teaching, learning and faculty members’ work. • Promoting the goal of developing ICT knowledge and skills in our students. • Securing target projects (BrainBinder, iTeacherEd, iTops, etc.) • Building an ICT Team

  9. Culture Building • Creating a Collaborative Culture • Project focus, meetings, presentations. • Creating a Learner Culture • Sharing project tasks and results • Creating a Service Culture • Linking projects to SchoolPlus and Aboriginal Education

  10. Developments & Possibilities

  11. ECMP (TEL) Courses

  12. IT Integration Modules

  13. Blogging in the Faculty

  14. New Faculty Webpage/CMS

  15. Where Are We Going? • iTOPS & other faculty using (more) technology in teaching. • iTOPS COP expanded - more faculty interested. • Increased use of the mobile iCart. • SoTL & Action Research approaches. • Education Graduate ICT courses - collaboration with the U of S. • Targetting specific courses for online or partially online delivery.

  16. Thank You Mhairi (Vi) Maeers maeers@uregina.ca David Friesen david.friesen@uregina.ca Alec Couros alec.couros@uregina.ca iTeacherEd Site http://education.uregina.ca/iteachered

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