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WIU National Teleconference "Preparing Teachers to Work with Tech Savvy Students"
March 1, 2002
MACOMB, IL -- The national interactive teleconference “The Technology Generation Gap: Digital Students and Analog Faculty” will be broadcast live from Western Illinois University's Memorial Hall studios from noon-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. Horrabin Hall 45 on the WIU campus will be open for local viewing of the broadcast.
Since the early 1980s, computers and other information processing tools have become increasingly common in American homes and schools. Several generations of children have now grown up with these technologies; however, many of their teachers and college professors were prepared to teach using different instructional approaches. How can faculty members who were prepared to lecture using a chalkboard connect with students of the “online” generation? This broadcast will highlight approaches several universities have taken in an effort to bridge this technology gap.
Panel members present in the WIU studios will include Karen Daugherty, Kirby District #140, Tinley Park; Kim Wisslead, WIU Engaged Learning Star Schools Project; and John Jamison, Western's CATALISE Project. Joining the program via satellite uplink will be Tim Altman, Peabody College - Vanderbilt University, and Pam Petty, Western Kentucky University. Don Nelson, associate dean of WIU's College of Education and Human Services, will moderate the program.
The 90-minute broadcast is sponsored by the U.S. Department of EducationÂ’s (USDE) Preparing Teachers to Use Technology ProgramÂ’s CATALISE Project and USDEÂ’s United Star Distance Learning Consortium (USDLC) Engaged Learning Star Schools Project. WIU is the lead institution for both the CATALISE and Engaged Learning Star Schools Projects.
To register or for satellite coordinates, visit the website www.catalise.org. For more information, contact Susie El Idrissi at 309/298-2807.
Posted By: Darcie Shinberger (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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