I
am at a K-12 site. Actually, I am in charge of Educational Technology at Charter
Community School, under the aupsices of the El Dorado County Office of
Education. My site spends a lot on technology -- I have a terrific lab with high
end machines, enough RAM to function, scanners, CD-ROMs, laserdisks, video, ...
I am also a Local Telementor -- a position that means I was selected and trained by the state to provide Internet assistance to other teachers. I've been teaching/administrating since I was 20 (started young) -- and am in my 28th year in Education. I have an MA and about six teaching credentials. I started using educational technology in 1980 or so and have used/been absolutely immersed in technology since then.
We use the Internet, but have only had CU-SeeMe for about a month. This last Saturday, I spearheaded a Technology Conference at our County Office for about 200 people. It was a full day with 8 different "sessions" -- the people selected 6 45-min sessions to attend. One session was the Internet (hands-on in my lab) - and another session was CU-SeeMe in a small group demonstration. The entire day went well, but the Net really wowed them. I had a cadre of students positioned right behind the "non-techie" adults to help them navigate and negotiate the equipment and software. It was a hit...
Now that this last Saturday is gone, I will be moving my attention to classroom/lab use of the Net and CU-SeeMe.
Renee' L. Krupp El Dorado County Office of Education
Instructional Technologist Charter Community School
rkrupp@edcoe.k12.ca.us 6767 Green
Valley Road
Placerville, CA 95667
The best education, like the best art, provides insights of life and helps prepare us for ideas yet to reach fruition.
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