Slide 1 : MEIT Online Orientation
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Slide 3 : Department Mission
(May 2008)
The Instructional Technology Department Mission is to prepare program participants to be champions in the integration of technology in their professional and personal lives.
Slide 4 : Overview
The online M.E. in Instructional Technology program focuses upon curricular integration of technology in support of K-12 student learning.
The program emphasizes how to effectively use computers and digital media technologies as tools to enhance learning, teaching, and training; how to effectively integrate technologies into the curriculum; and how to assume a leadership role in planning, implementing, and supporting instructional technology within a district.
K-12 educators, including teachers, principals and other administrators, looking for guided experiences in Web 2.0 tools will benefit from this program. In addition, members of the business community who also need to become users of Web-based tools will find this program valuable.
This program is fully online with no required face-to-face meetings. Learning occurs through the development of projects, many of which are collaborative in nature. Program delivery will use Web 2.0 applications such as wikis and Google.docs that can be readily found on the Web.
Slide 5 : Kristine Diener is a lifelong Wisconsin resident who earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics from UW-LaCrosee (1973) and a Masters of Education from UW-Whitewater (1982). She completed administrative certification through the Educational Leadership program at Cardinal Stritch University in 1992. Kris began her career as a secondary mathematics and computer science teacher in the School District of Waukesha. She served the district as a technology integration teacher for five years and as the Instructional Technologies Coordinator for fifteen years. Duing her last four years in the district she was the principal of iQ Academies – Wisconsin, a virtual charter school serving students across the state. Kris has taught for Cardinal Stritch University for 17 years. Kris chaired the team that authored the Wisconsin Educational Information & Technology Plan PK-12, served on the State Superintendents Charter Schools Advisory Council, and was selected to serve on the team that is developing the Wisconsin Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools (a project of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction).
Kris is Chairman of the Board of Directors for Educators Credit Union and serves on the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Association for Supervision and Curriuclum Development.
For leisure, Kris loves to travel, curl up with a good book, and spoil her nieces and nephews.
Slide 6 : I love teaching people about technology. After almost three decades teaching middle school math & social studies at Badger Middle School in West Bend I became the Administrator of Technology for the West Bend Schools.
July, 2005 was the start of a new adventure, I'm retired. Way more fun than work. In my spare time I teach at Cardinal Stritch University where I am an Adjunct Assistant Professor. I love my work at Stritch and I am proud of the fact that we have trained many of the tech savvy teachers and administrators in this area.
After 20+ years of not playing I am back to the guitar. It has become my main relaxation technique. John Sklar
Slide 7 : Jim Kasum Jim has been on the cutting edge of technology for some time and was the founder of the department. He has worked with Wisconsin DPI to create the Model Technology Standards for Technology in Education.
Slide 8 : Dennis Allmon coordinates our Library Media Programs – 902i and 902p
Slide 9 : Dr. Linda Simmons
Dr Simmons is a former Department Chair and has worked in developing online programs with the University, she shares her time working with this department and the Outreach department.
Slide 10 : Louis Loeffler is the current Department Chair. His undergraduate work was in Physics and Mathematics Education.
Slide 11 : Molly Henderson is the department secretary and is a perfect first person to contact for any and all questions.
414-410-4116
educationalit@stritch.edu
Slide 12 : Our Cohort WIKI - http://meit-csu-1009.wikispaces.com
Slide 13 : Student email - “Wolfmail”
http://wolfmail.stritch.edu
Slide 14 : a) How has the MEIT program helped former participants succeed and in what areas are they succeeding?
b) I work during the day so I just want to make sure that meeting times are in the evening hours
c) Books?
Slide 15 : If we are unable to attend a Monday session will lectures be available online for future viewing?
Slide 16 : I would like to go on to get an administrators license from the State of Wisconsin (ITC certification #93).
What is required after these classes are completed? Are those classes also available online or on site only?
Slide 17 : I visited our online classroom site.
Will I need to register to gain access or are we already set up as a class?
Slide 18 : About the 2 letters of recommendation - can they be emailed back or do they have to be mailed back?
Slide 19 : Is it possible to make up a missed class session?
Slide 20 : What happens if I need to miss one of the days due to a school commitment for example conferences?
Slide 21 : When, how often will we meet for class and how long will we meet?
Slide 22 : What will be the format for conducting the class and what types of things will we cover?
Slide 23 : What can I expect to learn during our first half of the program?
Slide 24 : Will I be able to use what we do in our class in my current teaching assignment?
Slide 25 : After completing this program how would I be able to transfer this degree to the world of work?
Slide 26 : How do groups work?
Slide 27 : How do groups work?