The document summarizes the key points from a presentation given by Salena Rabidoux about her role as an education technology liaison at UNCW. Some of the main topics covered include the most common employers and job titles for MIT graduates, Rabidoux's daily work driving teaching and research initiatives, developing workshops for K-12 teachers on topics like classroom management and integrating technology, the technologies used at UNCW, and how the education field has changed over the last decade with the rise of new technologies.

1. MIT Colloquium
October 27, 2011
Salena Rabidoux

2. MIT Employment
Most Common Organizations
– Schools
– Colleges
– Businesses
– Not-for-profits
– Government agencies

3. Employment Key Words
Generic Job Titles
– E-Learning specialist
– Instructional (Material) Designer
– Educational Consultant
– Instructional System Specialist
– Curriculum
(Specialist, Coordinator, Director, Facilitator)
– Professional Development Director

4. Tech Liaison Daily Work
Driving Force: PDP
– Contributions to Teaching/Supervising
• Courseload, SPOTs, Curriculum Adoption, Guest
Appearances
– Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Achievement
• Trainings, Workshops, Presentations for K-
12, Grants, Research Studies, Conferences
– Service
• Trainings, Workshops, Presentations for
colleagues, Committee Membership

5. K-12 Partners
• Transition - Child vs. Adult
• Teacher Workshops
– Differentiation
– Classroom Management Skills
– Cross Curricula Integration
– Reading Strategies
– Integrating Technology – Truly!
– Web 2.0 Tools
– Administration: Teacher Evaluation Tool, Supporting Staff
Members, Integrating Best Instructional Practices
• Engaging participants – motivation and application

6. UNCW
• SMARTBoard • Digital Signatures
• i-Devices • Presentation Designs
• Blackboard • Camtasia
• Wimba Classroom • Module Development
• Group Management • Remote Access
• Taskstream • Troubleshooting

7. Then vs. Now
THEN NOW
• CD Player • iPOD Touch
• TV • DVR/Hulu
• Snail mail and email • Facebook, twitter, etc.
• Google: 35 billion • Google: 2 billion
…. ….
for the year per day
700 billion average last year

8. Web Tools
• Willyou.typewith.me
• Popplet
• Storyline Online
• Animoto
• Tagxedo
• Last resort: Go2web20.net

9. UNCW Education Technology Liaison
• Technologies you use most often
• How to become a K-12 partner
• Favorite aspect of daily job
• What has changed in last decade
• What is up and coming in next decade
• What technology do you teach at UNCW
• What is your day filled with – developing workshops/modules, research, etc
• Do you propose/advise/inform local administrators
• What are your thoughts about workshops – do you have freedom to create your own courses?
• Favorite and least favorite grade level to work with – why
• What is the greatest challenge in using tech in the classroom
• Technology ever get in the way
• Hardest part of my job
• How do you make your workshops motivational/engaging – how keep their attention