Minutes of OTEC Executive Board
Meetings
OTEC is governed by an Executive Board that can act through face-to-face and telecommunications-facilitated meetings.
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February 2, 2001
Organizational Memo from
Dave Moursund (11/5/00)
First (and Founding) Meeting
6/20/00
Meeting Minutes: 9:00 to
12:00 February 2, 2001, Willamette University, Salem,
Oregon
Participating Attendees
Mark Bailey, Bill Cruscial, Marge Enneking, Bill
Flechtner, Marty Karlin, John Marsaglia, Dave Moursund,
David Olson, JoAnn Rachor, Mark Wahlers, Lynn Wolters
Topics Covered During 9:00 to 12:00 Meeting
1. Began with history of connection between OCTEET, Marge and Dave's web sites, listserves.
• Described the history of computer
education in Oregon and the foundation of ISTE and
OCTEET.
• Oregon Counsel for Computers in Education
Marge Enneking from Portland State University
described
• History of teacher preparation in Oregon
particularly in light of the movement towards 5th Year
programs.
• Posed the question - Where does a person learns
to use technology effectively?
We went around the table and all introduced ourselves and
our interests.
Dave ran down the agenda items addressing specific
issues.
Marge and Dave presented issues regarding organizational
composition.
2. Dave addressed the web site structure and intent.
• Noted that any professional web designers
who would like to work with him would be welcomed
• Contrasted NCCE & ISTE with OCTEET and the
goals of each.
• focusing on education in Oregon saw the
inception of the NCCE K-12 focus, it was closer to home
than ISTE.
• Dave reviewed FAQ's and encouraged members who
have addressed questions regarding education to submit
their reports for posting on the web site.
• Dave addressed Virtual communities in IT.
• Learning Theories: Constructivism and Situated learning as important elements; many references are provided
• Marge addressed the history regarding issues of
certification for Computer Science educators.
• Marty Karlin noted the geographical separation
of the state and the larger issue of how the many
different organizations can work together.
3. The issue of a new name and a domain name was
raised.
• Marty asked what the central issue or
direction of the group is.
• Dave answered virtual communities, identity and
communication.
• Marge responded a political organization and
influence. We need a spokesperson. She hoped that the
group can be proactive and influential.
• Joan Walker noted the efforts of OETC to
examine Oregon state standards and develop instructional
technology standards.
Motion: Move to rename the organization Oregon Technology
in Education Council or OTEC.
Moved by Marty Karlin.
Seconded by Mark Bailey.
Approved unanimously.
4. Establishing and initial Board of Directors.
Dave asked who was interested in serving on the Board.
Mark Wahlers and Marge Enneking were not available, the
other attendees agreed to be on the board for the following
number of years:
Mark Bailey 2
Bill Cruscial 2
Bill Flechtner 2
Marty Karlin 3
John Marsaglia 2
Dave Moursund 3
David Olsen 3
JoAnn Rachor 3
Lynne Wolters 2
• Joanne volunteered to be
Secretary/Treasurer (with supplemental notes taker).
• Dave volunteered to be Chair.
• Both were accepted by acclaim.
5. Organizational structure discussion
• Technology in Education.
• Need to define what we mean by Technology in
Education.
• Membership group &endash; how do we
structure?
• David Olsen and John Marsaglia recommend that
we contact Web Ridge regarding setting up a web-based
interface for members to communicate.
http://www.webridge.com/eBusinessExpress/webridge.com/SectionHandler
• John Marsaglia and David Olson will be
Co-Chairs of a communication subcommittee. The
recommendation was that we have a public and member rooms
on the site (a focus on facilities).
• Dave asked for acclaim on whether we would be
an organization that would have members &endash;
Agreed.
• Asked for acclaim about board members being
self selected over being voted on by members &endash;
passed by acclaim.
6. Dave and Committees and Bylaws.
• Lynn Wolters volunteered to head up the
Strategic Alliances Committee. (focus on building up
alliances with business and industry)
• We also need a Membership Committee, by default
the rest of us are on this (a focus on recruitment)
• Marge noted that in preservice teacher
education, early field experience with computers would be
important.
• If our Teacher Education programs would build a
lot of IT literate and friendly teachers, this would be
good
• One of its major issues of this committee is
reaching out to make IT a central component of preservice
education. Developing a list of teachers who know and use
technology would be helpful
7. The Constitution and Bylaw Committee consists of:
• Marty Karlin
• Bill Flechtner
• Dave Olson
• Dave Moursund
• JoAnn Rachor
• Lynn Wolters
8. Discussion about the use of student interns to assist
on web site development and maintenance.
• Dave encouraged each member of the board
to be engaged with a specific focus area
• In bylaws an added note at board members having
a specific focus within the areas that they work and are
dedicated.
• Marge noted that schools of education need to
develop internal standards in IT or Computer Education
for admission and graduation.
• Marty noted asked about the initiatives in the
other groups.
• Marge ended our before-lunch meeting by
describing some of these initiatives.
Respectfully submitted 2/5/01 Mark Bailey
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Organizational Memo
from Dave Moursund (11/5/00)
MEMO
To: Oregon Information Technology in Formal and Informal
Education People
From: Dave Moursund
Date: 11/5/00
Subject: Oregon Council for Technology in Education and
Educational Technology
I was one of the people that met on 20 June 2000 to
discuss formation of an Information Technology in education
group that might parallel some of the ideas and work of the
Oregon Mathematics Education Council (OMEC) and the Oregon
Science Education Council (OSEC). At that meeting, an
organization was created. The general purpose of the
organization is to identify and help address statewide IT in
both formal and informal education issues. In formal
education, we may well be interested in PreK-graduate
school, and beyond. In informal education, we are interested
in on the job education, education at home, informal
education in the community, and so on.
Earlier this fall, Marj Enneking (one of the people at
the 20 June meeting) asked about my interest in taking a
leadership role in this newly formed organization. I agreed
to do so for two main reasons. First, this work is
consistent with and supportive of my 3-year Preparing
Tomorrow's Teachers to Teach using Technology grant. Second,
it is consistent with the professional work that I want to
do now and in the future after I retire. If you want to
learn more about me, feel free to visit my Web site at:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/D.A.V.E./
The purpose of this Memo is to make a start in developing
an active, productive organization. Those of you receiving
this Memo should feel free to share it with others who might
be interested. Interested people should contact me via
email: moursund@oregon.uoregon.edu.
It seems to me there are three initial things that we
need to be doing:
- Creating a list of interested people and
organizations. (The first part of this Memo (given above)
is a start on this endeavor.)
- Creating an initial list of the types of problems and
issues that our organization might address. (I will
suggest a few near the end of this Memo. But, we need
input from lots of people on this, so please send me your
ideas.)
- Starting on the mechanics of having an organization.
(Some possible aspects of this are in the next
section.)
Mechanics
Here is an initial list of some of the important and not
so important things that we need to think about for our
organization.
- Name of the Organization. At the June 20 meeting, the
group clearly indicated that they wanted to address the
field of IT in Education from a variety of points of
view. For example, the International Technology Education
Association (http://www.iteawww.org/) and the
International Society for technology in Education
(http://www.iste.org) have some overlap in mission and
operations, but bring quite different points of view to
the table. The initial name Oregon Council for Technology
in Education and Educational Technology was designed to
emphasize diverse points of view. WE agreed that this was
merely a placeholder name, and that more work was needed
in selecting a final name. From my point of view, the
initial (placeholder) name is not an acceptable name for
our organization because it fails to emphasize that we
are focusing on Information Technology. The word
Technology covers many different technologies, and is far
broader in scope that our organization is designed to
address. My personal recommendation for a name is Oregon
Council for Information Technology in Education
(OTEC).
- Mission and/or purpose statements. Eventually we will
need a Constitution, Bylaws, Policies and Procedures,
officers, members, and so on. We will need to make a
decision as to how formal an organization we want to be.
Do we want to establish ourselves as a 501(C)(3)
non-profit corporation? Do we want to have a Board and
perhaps an Executive Committee? Do we function primarily
in an advisory capacity? To whom do we offer advice? We
can look at how OMEC and OSEC have handled these
decisions, and how effective their decisions have
been.
- Communications vehicles. We are beginning with a set
of e-mail names. Soon that will likely grow to the level
where we will need a Distribution List. Will we have a
Communications Secretary who builds, maintains, and
controls the Distribution List? Who gets to post to that
list? We will need a Web site. I am volunteering to set
that up.
- Meetings. What purpose might be served by meetings of
the Executive Committee (if we create one), the Board (if
we create one) or members (if we have Members)? How
frequently might such groups meet in a face-to-face
setting?
Some Sample Issues
Here are a few examples of the types of issues the
organization might want to address:
- Both ITEA and ISTE have developed standards or are
working on standards for various groups of people, such
as for K-12 students, preservice teachers, inservice
teachers, and so on. Can and should our organization
facilitate open communication between these two
organizations, and open discussion of their standards?
Note that there are other organizations that also develop
standards that relate to IT, and we would want them
involved n such discussions.
- The current CIM and CAM in Oregon pay scant attention
to IT in Education goals and objectives. Can and should
our organization address this issue?
- Distance Education has the potential to facilitate
major changes in both formal and informal education.
There are a variety of groups and organizations working
on different aspects of Distance Education in Oregon. Can
and should our organization help facilitate these various
groups coming together to share their ideas and
approaches, and to better address the formal and informal
education needs of all people in the state?
- There are (approximately) 12 colleges and
universities in Oregon that have preservice teacher
education programs. There is little uniformity on the IT
preparation of these preservice teachers. Can and should
our organization take on this specific topic? (This is a
topic that I am particularly interested in.)
- Digital Divide. This is currently a very important
topic. There are many different definitions of what might
be met by Digital Divide. Can and should our organization
be involved in this arena?
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Dr. Dave Moursund
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Teacher Education
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EO for Research and Development
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College of Education
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International Society for Technology in
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University of Oregon
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1787 Agate Street
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Eugene, Oregon 97403
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Eugene, Oregon 97403
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First (and Founding) Meeting
6/20/00
The meeting that created OTEC was held on 6/20/00. Some
of the details are included in this section. Approximately
10 people attended the meeting, and they voted to create an
organization. A variety of names were discussed. A permanent
name (Oregon Technology in Education Council) was selected
at the first Board meeting, which was held on 2/2/01.
Pre-formation
Prospective and Call for Participation
Invitational Letter
from Marj Enneking (6/9/00)
Document from
Dave Moursund Distributed at 6/20/00 Organizational
Meeting
Pre-formation
Prospective and Call for Participation
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:28:33 -0800
From: Barbara Kirk & Dennis Farber
<kirkfarb@viclink.com>
To: moursund@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU
Subject: Fwd: Re: OTEC mailing list
Dave
Here is on communiqué we had regarding the mailing
list for the June
2000 meeting. Perhaps it will be helpful? If Fritz
[Ruehr] sends his, it
will most likely include these folks.
Barbara Kirk 11/14/00
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:40:43 -0700
From: Bruce Schafer <schaferb@ix.netcom.com
Reply-To: schaferb@ix.netcom.com
X-Accept-Language: en
To: Fritz Ruehr <fruehr@willamette.edu
CC: Marj Enneking <marj@mth.pdx.edu,
schaferb@capital.ous.edu,
kirkfarb@viclink.com, shall@willamette.edu
Subject: Re: OTEC mailing list
Fritz,
I'll call Larry Wade, Duncan Wyse, Rene Leger, Robert
Dryden, Ron
Dexter, and Lois Cohen. Let me know if there are others
you would
like me to call.
Bruce
Marj Enneking wrote:
> Here is the list of people to whom I sent an
invitation. If I've
forgotten someone who should have been included, perhaps
you can
invite them by phone and/or send them a letter. I've
attached it
here. (I'll be out all week at Showcase and the MAA
meeting in
Vancouver, BC.) Cheers - Marj
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> Jennifer Bosze, Executive Director
> American Electronics Association
> 5285 SW Meadows Road, Suite 224
> Lake Oswego, OR 97035
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> Larry Wade, President
> SOA Suite E
> 16850 SW Upper Boone's Ferry Rd
> Tigard, Oregon 97224
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> Bruce Schafer
> CAPITAL Center, Suite 1313
> 18640 NW Walker Road
> Beaverton, OR, 97006
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> Julie Brandis
> Associated Oregon Industries
> 149 Court Street NE
> Salem, Oregon 97301
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> Duncan Wyse, President
> Oregon Business Council
> 1100 SW 6th, Suite 1608
> Portland, OR 97204
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> Rene Leger, Director
> OBC Worksite 21
> c/o OBC, 1100 SW 6th Ave
> Portland, OR 97204-1090
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> Rick Wahlstrom
> Northwest Regional ESD
> 5825 N. E. Ray Circle
> Hillsboro, OR 97124-1281
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> Ron Tenison,
> Computer Science
> Linfield College
> McMinnville, OR 97128-6894
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> Robert Dryden, Vice Chancellor
> Oregon University System
> P.O. Box 751
> Portland, OR 97207-0751
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> John Vaille
> ISTE
> 480 Charnelton Street
> Eugene, OR 97401-2626
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> David Moursund
> ISTE
> 480 Charnelton Street
> Eugene, OR 97401-2626
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> Don Kirkwood
> North Salem High School
> 765 14th Street NE
> Salem, OR 97301
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> Ruby Sue Whittley
> Waldo Middle School
> 2805 Lansing Avenue NE
> Salem, OR 97303
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> Ron Dexter, ODE
> Public Service Building
> 255 Capitol Street NE
> Salem, OR 97310-0203
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> Marjorie Oughton
> Salem-Keizer Schools Tech. Training
> 1340 State Street SE
> Salem, OR 97301
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> Camille Cole, Project Manager
> OPEN Access 21
> P.O. Box 228
> Marylhurst, OR 97036-0228
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> Virginia Stonick
> Electrical and Computer Engineering
> Oregon State University
> Corvallis, OR 97331-3211
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> Ed Wright
> Computer Science
> Western Oregon University
> Monmouth, OR 37361-1394
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> Seymour Hanfling, Director
> NWREL Tech. in Ed. Center
> 101 SW Main, Ste.500
> Portland, OR 97204
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> Ron Baker, Distance Education
> Oregon Community Colleges
> P.O. Box 14007
> Salem OR 97309-7070
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> John Bromley
> Sam Barlow High School
> 5105 SE 302nd Avenue
> Gresham, OR 97080
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> Holly Zanville,
> Oregon University System
> P.O. Box 3175
> Eugene, OR 97403
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> Georgeanne Cooper,
> 65 PLC Hall
> University of Oregon
> Eugene, OR 97403
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> Diana Fisher
> 7405 SW Cresmoor Drive
> Beaverton, OR 97008
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> Diana Fisher
> Franklin High School
> 5405 SE Woodward Street
> Portland, OR 97206-2199
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> Ron Zaraza
> Wilson High School
> 1151 Vermont Avenue
> Portland, Or 97219-2199
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> Rick Morine
> NCCE
> 2501 SW Sunset Blvd.
> Portland, 97201-1219
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> R. Thor Prichard
> OETC
> P. O. Box 65
> Salem, OR 97308-0065
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> Keith Eisele
> Reynolds School District
> 1204 NE 201st Avenue
> Fairview, OR 97204-2499
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> Greg Smith
> North Salem High School
> 765 14th Street NE
> Salem, OR 97301
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> James Male
> 3926 NE 32nd Avenue
> Portland, OR 97212
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> Ed Uecker, ODE
> Public Service Building
> 255 Capitol Street NE
> Salem, OR 97310-0203
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> Barbara Kirk
> 2045 Doral
> McMinville, OR 97128
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> Fritz Ruehr
> Computer Science
> Willamette University
> Salem, OR 97301-9989
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> Maggie Niess
> Science & Math. Ed.
> Oregon State University
> Corvallis, OR 97331
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> Lois Cohen
> School of Education
> Portland State University
> Portland, OR 97207-0751
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> Terri Johanson, ODE
> Dept. of Community Colleges
> Public Services Building
> 255 Capitol Street NE
> Salem, OR 97310-0203
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> Marjorie (Marj) Enneking, Ph.D.
> Professor of Mathematics and Director, OCEPT
> (Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in the
Preparation of
Teachers, a statewide project funded by the National
Science
Foundation)
> Department of Mathematical Sciences
> Portland State University
> Portland, OR 97207-0751
> 503-725-3643 (Office Phone) 503-725-3661 (Fax)
marj@mth.pdx.edu
> http://www.mth.pdx.edu/OCEPT
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Bruce Schafer
Director, Business Development Department
Oregon College of Engineering and Computer Science
CAPITAL Center, Suite 1027
18640 NW Walker Road
Beaverton, OR 97006-1975
Office Phone: (503)725-2915; Office FAX:
(503)725-2921
Home Phone: (503)649-9458; Home FAX: (503)649-2643
Email: schaferb@capital.ous.edu or
schaferb@ix.netcom.com
Barbara Kirk & Dennis Farber
McMinnville Oregon
Invitational
Letter from Marj Enneking (6/9/00)
This is a letter on OCEPT letterhead that begins with "On
June 6th, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber ...
Document
from Dave Moursund Distributed at 6/20/00 Organizational
Meeting
OCITE
Oregon Council for Information Technology in
Education
(Thoughts from Dave Moursund 6/19/99)
What are possible purposes of OCITE? This is the first
and fundamental issue. Already in existence are:
- International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE) with its headquarters in Eugene, Oregon. This
includes several Special Interest Groups, including one
for Teacher Education and one for Technology
Coordinators.
- Northwest Council for Computer Education, serving
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. This grew out of Oregon
Council for Computer Education, established in 1971.
- State and national professional societies in many
other different subject matter disciplines.
It does not seem to make sense to create something that
strongly overlaps and possibly competes with any of these
existing organizations. Thus, the question is: What are
issues that OCITE might address that are not currently being
adequately addressed by existing organizations?
Types of Issues OCITE Might Address
Here are examples of issues that are quite specific to
Oregon that can be effectively addressed by an
Oregon-specific statewide group representing formal and
informal education stakeholders at all levels:
- Work with TSPC to establish standards for what all
preservice teachers should know about IT in education.
(But, note that ISTE is working on this at a national
level.)
- Work with teacher education programs to have
collaboration, cooperation, some uniformity of standards,
and some uniformity of IT in education learning
opportunities for preservice teachers. (An example of
this is the Mathematics for Elementary Teachers sequence
that is widely used in this state.)
- Work with the CIM/CAM people to have IT-related
learning standards integrated into the disciplines
covered by CIM and CAM. (But note that CIM and CAM are
both politically sensitive and likely not open to
additions at this time.)
- Same as above, but P.A.S.S (Proficiency-based
Admissions Standards System) for college admission in
Oregon.
- Develop recommendations on the nature and extent of
the IT knowledge and skills that inservice teachers
should have. Develop recommendations on the nature and
extent of inservice education opportunities that should
be made available to help the inservice teachers gain and
maintain the needed IT knowledge and skills. In this
area, we might work to encourage the development of a
statewide Distance Learning set of learning opportunities
(that might include a Certificate, and might include
credits toward an advanced degree) that is available to
all inservice teachers.
- Help to facilitate the development and continuation
of a mentoring system and/or some more extensive support
system for IT-using educators. This might consist of a
combination of local face-to-face mentoring and mentoring
at a distance. The latter would make use of the Internet,
telephone, etc. This mentoring system would begin to
"click in" during a student's preservice education
program and would continue either for the first couple of
years of teaching, or permanently. It should be
structured to run on a very low budget (mainly using
volunteers) but be flexible enough so that when funds are
available, it can be more proactive and be a vehicle for
doing "good things."
- Be a prime backer of the general ideas of the Science
of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and roles of IT in both
the development of and the implementation of SoTL
(Bransford et al., 1999). This would include being
supportive of IT-assisted Project-Based Learning and of
Constructivism.
- Be a support system for people in Oregon who are
writing grants that are consistent with and supportive of
the mission of OCITE.
A Council, not a Membership Organization
Another way to clearly differentiate OCITE from OSTE and
NCCE is that it would be a council (not a membership
organization) consisting of representatives from the many
different stakeholder groups with interest in the mission of
OCITE.
References
Bransford, J.D.; A. L. Brown; & R.R. Cocking: editors
(1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and
school. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press
[Online]. Accessed (4/14/00)
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/6160.html.
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education
[Online] Accessed: http://www.iste.org/
Moursund, D. The Silent Revolution [Online]
Accessed:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/DigitalAge2/pttt_grant_proposal.htm
Moursund, D. Index to Moursund's Web Stuff
[Online]. Accessed:
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/
PCAST (Presidents Committee of Advisors on Science and
Technology [Online]. Accessed 10/7/02: http://www.ostp.gov/PCAST/k-12ed.html
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