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