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Technology Integration Task Force

Year One
The Technology Integration into Teacher Education Task Force consisted of current education undergraduate and graduate students, k-12 teachers, and Winthrop faculty, and the Technology Specialist.  Their charge was to guide the development of an advanced instructional technology course, examine the integration of technology into the teacher education program, make recommendations for best practice at Winthrop University and develop sample education projects using technology.  This Task Force helped make concrete the vision of technology integration set forth in the grant and provided real world examples for faculty. 

The Task Force projects provide examples of how technology can be integrated into methods courses and the final internship and illustrate what the final project should look like in an advanced instructional technology course.

Projects include:

      Graduate Assistants from Macfeat Lab School Kindergarten, reviewed age-appropriate software and searched for age-appropriate websites. These materials will be shared with college students who complete observations and field experiences to use during their teaching in the Lab School.

     Two undergraduate students completed electronic portfolios for their EDUC 490 course. The pilot e-folios and the students’ written summary of this experience will be shared with professors teaching this course. The course teaching team is ready to expand the use of e-folios in the fall semester of EDUC 490. portfolio one, portfolio two

      One undergraduate completed a subject sampler website. This pilot subject sampler and the student’s written summary of this experience will be shared with professors teaching methods course. The objective is to encourage professors to add a similar assignment to their course syllabi.

     Three teachers at Gold Hill Middle School in Fort Mill School District Four, are working collaboratively on a project in which students …

      A graduate and undergraduate student built a website, Career Builder, designed to assist students and teachers in the job search process.  The website will include information on resume writing, the interview process, lesson plans and an area for teachers and students to collaborate.