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New Workshop added for the 2009 MACUL Conference

Friday, March 20 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. $40 (register at www.macul.org) Instructional Strategies for Using Mobile Computers in the Classroom Elliot Soloway, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and Cathleen Norris, Regents Professor, University of North Texas This lab identifies ten instructional strategies that take advantage of the affordability of laptops, mini-laptops, and cellphone computers, Participants will then use what they have just learned to plan les… Continue

Added by Ric Wiltse on January 30, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Peering Over the Leading Edge... into a pile of digital debris

Note to MACUL Space members: The following article is by Jason Ohler from the University of Alaska. Jason is our 2009 MACUL conference opening keynote speaker on Friday, March 20. Educators may reprint Jason's columns online and in print publications free of charge. P… Continue

Added by Ric Wiltse on January 7, 2009 at 11:53am — 2 Comments

Skyping to Japan ... and back

Had fun helping the Calvin College Handbell Choir conduct a videolink between Grand Rapids, Michigan and Tokyo, Japan last week. My wife is the director of the Calvin group and we connected with our good friend Scott Ponzani who teaches at the Christian Academy in Japan. See http://caj.or.jp/ We had the wonderful opportunity to visit Scott in Japan a few years ago with our two sons who were teenagers at the time (now 20 and 22). The videolink was made with a simple Skype connection, and we had… Continue

Added by Ric Wiltse on October 29, 2007 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Update to the MACUL Board on August 3, 2007...

Update to the MACUL Board on August 3, 2007... ATA Technology Academy – The Summer 2008 ATA Technology Academy is taking place the week of August 6-10 at the University of Michigan-Flint. Workshops will be held for Making Your Own Website, CareerForward, Grantwriting and ATA III. Please be thinking about how MACUL can be more effective in offering ATA courses in 2008. AT&T/MACUL Student Technology Showcase – The 2007 AT&T/MACUL Student Technology Showcase will be held on Wednesday, Se… Continue

Added by Ric Wiltse on August 13, 2007 at 7:45am — No Comments

Teacher Education Focus at the 2008 MACUL conference

Had a great meeting today with Susan English (Aquinas College), Julia VanderMolen (Davenport University), and Andrew Topper (Gand Valley State University). We talked about how we can establish a better MACUL conference emphasis for undergraduate and graduate students as well as schools of education faculty. Among the things we discussed are how we can create innovative ways to provide registration incentives to attend the conference, establish a poster area or student technology showcase for un… Continue

Added by Ric Wiltse on May 29, 2007 at 12:53pm — 2 Comments

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