Hello.

I am hoping you will be able to direct me on my mission to show how we are integrating technology into our teacher education program here at Stephen F. Austin State University.

 

It seems to me that it would be easiest to begin with some kind of form or rubric showing how we will be evaluated on this.

 

When I visit this website:

http://www.ncate.org/ProgramStandards/ITEA/ITEAStandards.doc

 

I find these words:

Presently, there are no approved advanced (graduate) curriculum standards for technology teacher education programs that have been approved by NCATE and the SASB. Please contact either the ITEA or NCATE offices for further information if necessary.

 

While I can appreciate your intention to give us full reign on such a new and developing area, because this is so all encompassing and permeates everything we do, I feel somewhat at a loss as to how to begin in some manageable kind of way. Any input or direction would certainly be appreciated.  We do not prepare technology teachers but our faculty and teachers, of course, use technology to improve learning for themselves as well as their students.

 

Carol Abel

Chair, NCATE Technology Committee

http://www.education.sfasu.edu/ele/classes/abel/ncate_technology.html