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Education students use multimedia
technology
 An
innovative new project at Champlain will put Education
students in front of digital cameras, and will also
sit them in the editor’s chair.
Champlain has hired Ken Reissig,
a former technology teacher and principal, to coordinate
new initiatives to integrate technology throughout
all teacher education programs at Champlain College.
His students will master the use of digital video
cameras and editing software, some of the most current
and effective technologies in teacher education.
After student teaching in area
schools, students will be able to review classroom
footage with their college supervisors and their
mentor teachers to fine tune their teaching skills.
Then, the students will be able to cut some of the
video into electronic portfolios to demonstrate
their best classroom lessons.
A grant from the U.S. Department
of Education called “Preparing Tomorrow’s
Teachers to Use Technology” brings these additional
resources to Champlain. Champlain students will
be able to pass along their new technology proficiency
to the next generation of students, as well, because
the technology can be incorporated into lesson plans
they develop for their students.
 Historically,
education students prepared paper-based portfolios
of their finest classroom lessons. They’ve
been used when applying for teaching licenses and
their first job placements. Today, many educators
believe the electronic portfolio will soon replace
these three-ring binders as the standard showcase
for collegiate and career achievement. With e-portfolios,
principals and school board members can witness
short movie clips of a prospective teacher in a
classroom.
“If
you can watch a teacher in action, then it’s
a lot more powerful,” said Education Program
Director Dr. Colin Ducolon.
“To
get a teaching job these days, you’ve got
to be skilled and competitive,” Ducolon said.
“Something has to be different about you,
and I think that is one example of how technology
can help.”
Preparing Tomorrows Teachers
to use Technology
The Electronic Portfolio
Connection is a research-based project designed
to study and evaluate the impact of using
an integrated portfolio system that provides
a range of communication tools, including:
storage and searching capabilities, digital
video management features and publication.
The study will follow pre-service teachers
through their teacher preparation program
and field experience to examine how using
these tools impacts their practice and proficiency
in using technology. The project includes
professional development for both higher education
faculty and pre-service teachers to use this
new portfolio tool. The objective of The Electronic
Portfolio Connection is to produce teachers
who engage in practices that lead to improved
and sustained P-12 student outcomes through
the use of a reflective practice toolset.
Learn
more about the PT3 Project...
Senior Licensing
Portfolios Spring 2007
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