Today’s students are living in a digital world. In this series of workshops, teachers will learn about the role that visual and digital literacies have in teaching and learning. The Ball State Indianapolis Center in downtown Indy will host a series of four workshops where teachers will gan hand-on experience with the technologies of their digitally native students. Read More...

Tags: Digital Media

The EPIC project invites teachers and teacher educators to a seminar on Saturday, November 7. Classroom teachers participating in EPIC will present their work with evidence-based curriculum design and assessment. Read More...

Tags: Assessment, Curriculum

Using new Web 2.0 technologies, today’s digital natives have new ways to construct portfolios as narratives of their academic growth. The Ball State teacher education portfolio model has evolved since 2002 to now incorporate Web 2.0 techniques within a longitudinal view of learning. Dr. Helen Barrett brings these trends to light with a portfolio pedagogy for K-12 and teacher education. Read More...

Tags: Portfolios

The CTE iStudio will host an open house on Friday, September 4, 2009 from 1 to 4 PM in TC 406. Faculty and students are invited to attend.

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  Learn about the technology services of the iStudio.
• Explore the media production resources available to students and faculty.
• Learn about the CTE Technology Brown Bag series, which will be launched with this Open House.
• Refreshments will be provided.
• Door prizes will be awarded for students and faculty!

Print the PDF flyer of the event for distribution.

The first School Technology Leadership (STL) seminar will be July 9, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. It is open to all educators working or interested in school or district-level technology facilitation or leadership. The seminar is free and registration is online. Learn more at www.bsu.edu/cte/stl/

The CTE co-wrote four proposals for the Emerging Media Initiative (EMI). Two projects made it through the first round of proposals. One with Dr. Sheron Fraser-Burgess in the Department of Educational Studies made it through the second round and was funded for 2009-2010. See the EMI press release.