Initiatives
Technology
Infusion
Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance
Goal: Strengthen USU's capacity to
provide technical assistance to
participating preservice programs to
support implementation of local
technology plans.
Activities:
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Identify priority needs for
technical assistance in each GCU
site to strengthen capacity for
successfull implementation of
technology plans in order to
meet the urban district's
technology skill needs.
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Provide online and onsite
technology planning assistance
for GCU preservice programs
(based on readiness and
interests). Programs will be
assessed relative to the Milken
Family Foundation's seven
dimensions for gauging progress,
NCATE technology standards (ISTE
NETS), and comparable emerging
high quality assessment tools
and standards.
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Identify shared high priority
needs of GCU preservice programs
for technology-related technical
assistance. The three or four
most widely shared high priority
needs will form the focus for
three to four online faculty
development modules that will be
designed in Year One, for
delivery in year Two. Evolving
shared priorities for technical
assistance will become the
topics for a new set of online
faculty development topics to be
designed in the second year and
delivered in year Three. These
online courses will be intended
to equip faculty with the skills
and knowledge they seek to
better prepare their preservice
students to use the technology
skills sought by GCU's urban
districts. Stipends will be
offered for both the design and
delivery of these online
courses. Project staff at MC
Squared will provide online
professional development on
netcourse design for these
faculty.
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Provide preservice faculty and
administrators and GCU district
leaders with a steady stream of
information - via electronic
mailing lists, moderated
threaded discussion, online
seminars, and the GCU web site.
Topics/issues to include
promising and proven learning
technologies (e.g., PT3
coordinating council-recommended
practices, the PT3 digital
equity database, NSDC's new
national standards for online
teacher development, and the
U.S. Dept. of Education's
technology expert panel's
promising and exemplary
programs) and on research
regarding technologies most
likely to improve K12 students'
learning results, learning
opportunities, and learning
climate. We will provide online
and face-to-face faculty
development about such learning
technologies as the WEB
project's tools and strategies
for online mentoring and
assessment, resources for
implementing the ISTE National
Education Technology Standards,
and MC Squared's PLP (web-based
personal learning planner and
portfolio) for preservice and
inservice teachers.
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Recruit and support a cadre of
technical assistance providers
from within the GCU partner
institutions.
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