Learning Generations: Integration through Innovative Cohorts

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Learning Generations Integration through
Innovative Cohorts

• Steven B. Smith Sean J. Smith
• University of Kansas
• svsmith_at_ukans.edu seanj_at_ukans.edu

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Learning Generation

• Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to use Technology
  (PT3) Implementation Grant
• Information Technologies (IT) and a new
  generation of teachers

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Goals

• Improve technology literacy
• Empower Faculty and students
• Engage in adoption and development of IT
• Attract candidates to the teaching profession
• Improve communication and collaboration
• Disseminate new visions of teaching, learning
  and teacher preparation

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Outcomes

• The development of technology-based learning
  environments for pre-service teachers training
  within higher education settings.
• Increased opportunities for pre-service teachers
  to receive modeling and training using technology
  in actual classroom settings.
• Technology - enhanced training of the next
  generation of teachers.

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Innovation Cohorts

• Pre-service Students (technology expertise)
• University Faculty (pedagogical/content
  expertise)
• Practicing Teachers (content/application
  expertise)
• K-12 Students (technology expertise and personal
  knowledge of student needs)
• Generation Why (http//genwhy.wednet.edu)

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Expectation and Anticipation

• Identification of areas and strategies for
  infusion of technology into teacher education
  programs
• Year 1 - focus on integrating technology in
  education
• Year 2 - examine new visions of teaching and
  learning
• Year 3 - examine new visions of teacher education

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University of Kansas Projects

• Online Academy (http//onlineacademy.org)
• Four Directions Challenge (http//www.4Directions.
  org)
• SCRTEC (http//scrtec.org)
• Profiler (http//scrtec.org/profiler)
• TrackStar (http//scrtec.org/track)
• Power of 2 Outreach for Children With
  Disabilities

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Additional Information...

• Steven Smith
• Department of Teaching and Leadership
• University of Kansas
• smiths_at_ukans.edu
• Sean Smith
• Department of Special Education
• University of Kansas
• seanj_at_ukans.edu