A. Purpose

The objective of this roundtable conversation is to explore how PK-12 faculty and university faculty members in Schools, Colleges, and/or Departments of Education (SCDEs) make use of the World Wide Web to collaborate within and across their programs to prepare students and educators for the 21^st century.

2. Relationship to Conference Theme

 

 

This conversation is designed to generate examples of how powerful teacher educators are making use of the Internet resources to provide leadership in the 21^st century. The particular focus will be on collaborations with schools and colleges/universities (theme #4) designed to enhance student learning at both the PK-12 and college level, expand curriculum development using educational technology resources, and provide professional and collegial support for issues facing all educators. Examples of school-university partnerships using educational technology to share curricular resources, establish professional development school relationships, and increase articulation across the grade levels and between educational institutions will serve as models for collaborative planning for this new century.

C. Abstract of Presentation

Cybercasting is the dissemination of information on computer screens using the World Wide Web. Analogous to broadcasting, this wide and free sharing of ideas may serve as a powerful tool for building collaborations between schools and universities in the 21^st century.

This discussion will build on the presenters’ research on cybercasting by SCDEs during February 1999. The webpages of over fifty SCDEs in the US and other nations were reviewed for the quantity and quality of information at their sites. A webpage on this research study was developed and is readily accessible.

This year’s study will focus on how SCDEs make use of web-based interactivity to build collaborations between schools and universities. Websites will be featured that are designed to serve as a virtual forum for discussions across schools and disciplines. Extrapolating from these exemplary models, the presenters will suggest strategies for enhancing professional conversations on student learning and community development between schools and universities.

Discussion at the poster session will also include such topics as the applications of online courses, program evaluation for distance learning, and future integration of educational technology in teacher education curriculum. The research for this presentation will also include the development of another webpage that will catalog the innovative uses of the World Wide Web by SCDEs during February 2000 and discuss the evolution of this technology since February 1999.

This study will result in an overview of exemplary uses of the World Wide Web for preparing school leaders by 100 schools, colleges, and departments of Education during February 2000. The roundtable discussion of these sites will also include a review of how the 50 sites examined for last year’s presentation have evolved over the year. This resulting webpage for this study will catalog exemplary applications and suggest trends for the future.
 

3. Description of Audience Participation

Paper copies of the study’s Y2K webpage, including a grid of informational elements on exemplary webpages, will be shared along with illustrations of exemplary practices for school-university collaborations found on websites. Participants will be asked to describe their experiences with developing and using web-based information, with a particular focus on how networking has strengthened their collaborations. Name and email addresses will be collected to initiate increased networking among colleagues interested in the use of the WWW for integrating school leadership to enhance student learning.

1. Title of Session

2. Type of Session Thematic Session in Roundtable Format for

Theme 4: Collaborating with schools and colleges/universities.

3. Session Organizer:

 

 

David L. Stoloff, Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair,

Education Department,

Eastern Connecticut State University

83 Windham Street

Willimantic, CT 06226

Tel. no. (860) 465-5501, Fax. no. (860) 465-4538

Email: stoloffd@ecsu.ctstateu.edu
 

4. Additional Presenter

c. Educational Technology

6. Summary for Conference Program

A roundtable designed to explore how PK-12 faculty and university teacher educators make use of the World Wide Web to collaborate within/across their programs to prepare students and educators.

7. Participation Neither one of us have presented at a previous ATE meeting.