Roundtables

Cooperative Learning Activities in a Technology Age
Lesley Farmer, Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Increasingly, cooperative activities tap into students� diverse gifts and needs. Learn how classroom teachers and librarians partner to develop meaningful and authentic projects that incorporate technology.

Managing Faculty-Student Project Collaboration
Anthonio Finger, Program Coordinator, Clayton College and State Univ., GA
Managing instructional project collaborations that pair students and faculty can create unique and sometimes detrimental challenges. In this discussion you will learn techniques and skills for averting disaster.

Technology and Human Resistance
Rodman Sims, President, The Regency Group, Inc., CA
This discussion will highlight an incident or two where technology was used effectively to achieve organizational ends within a community college system, only to find that it met with resistance because it represented a change from the past.

Millennium Management, "Who is Managing the Easy Life?"
Ed Harnish, Vice President, Strategic Business Development, Heroix Corp., MA
With the innovative technologies of the millennium promising to simplify life, one must consider the question of, "Who�s Managing the Easy Life?" This discussion will explore systems management for the information age.

Transitions in Teaching in Smaller, Post-Secondary Institutions
Elizabeth Burow-Flak, Assistant Professor, Department of English; Ann L. Reiser, Associate Professor, Department of Education; Douglas Kocher, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Valparaiso University, IN
Three professors from Valparaiso University who have been teaching online courses or supplementing face-to-face courses with websites for over five years discuss transition points in teaching with technology.

Deploying New Software = Teaching a Horse the Backstroke!
Jerrie Crummett, Training Coordinator, Oklahoma State University, OK
Like the swimming horse metaphor, deploying new software presents training challenges. Discuss how we developed a conscious need for training among employees, boosted cooperation, and reduced HelpDesk calls.

Instructional Design in a Technological World: Fitting Standards into the Larger Picture
Robin Curoe, Associate Director, Wisconsin Instructional Design System, WI
Discuss how to juggle standards, technology, and students needs while designing effective instruction.

What It Takes to Maintain a District-Wide Network
Alan Wibbels, Director, Technology, Educational Service Unit 10, NE
This discussion will help Local Area Network managers communicate with administrators about the need for and complexity of the job they are expected to perform.

Team Teaching Online: Piloting a First Year Seminar
Lizbeth Martin, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Counseling Psychology and Gerontology; Kathleen Logan, Professor and Chair, Chemistry, Natural Sciences, College of Notre Dame, CA
Discuss the use of online technology in a team-taught course for in-coming first year undergraduate students with little computer background.

Webmaster Roundtable
Bill Cullifer, Executive Director and Founder, World Organization of Webmasters, CA
This lively discussion will be by and for Webmasters in education, as well as anyone else who is interested in these issues. Not so many years ago, the position of Webmaster did not even exist - and now it is a key post within any organization providing information, service delivery or transactions on the Web.

Wednesday, March 8, 11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Achieving Success in IT Integration in Education
Vincent Quah, Manager; Alfred Tan, Singapore Computer Systems Ltd, Singapore
Achieving success in information technology integration is a long but necessary process. Share our experiences in implementing information technology solutions with a grade 7-10 school.

The Oracle Academic Initiative: A Partnership for IT Learning
Thyra Busch, Western Regional Mgr., Oracle Global Learning Initiatives, CA
Oracle Corporation�s global partnership helps educators keep pace with technology innovation: the Internet, ERP and e-business; by providing appropriate curricula, software and support, faculty education and other resources.

Tips on Training Web Writers in College Curricula
Dixie Evatt, Assistant Professor S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; Stephen Masiclat, Assistant Professor,
Visual and Interactive Communications, Syracuse University, NY Curricula for writers of web content must take into account the interactivity and dimensionality of web-based content. We offer some tips which marry traditional writing pedagogy with the new medium.

Getting Your Students WIRED
Anne Pollack, Manager, Student Computing, Widener University, PA
Discuss the issues of consideration, modeling, offering and expanding a residential network. From our experiences you can expect to learn about investment, implementation, adaptation, and.needs assessment.

Digital Classroom�Today�s Transitions to Tomorrow�s Classroom
Kathryn Edwards, Manager, Business Development; Mike McMullen, Technology Architect, Global Education and Research, Sun Microsystems, CA
Emerging trends point to web-based digital content as the major source for the delivery of curriculum and instruction, administrative functions, libraries, professional development and home/school connections. Learn how to identify, manage and maximize the use of this high quality digital content.

Directions in Computing and Technology at a Mid-Sized University
Robert Fletcher, Vice Provost, Grand Valley State University, MI
Discuss how to address student access, faculty development, distance education, and other computer issues that surround institutional objectives.