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To: Craig Jacobs who wrote (36169)	7/20/2000 7:37:45 AM
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ACTV's HyPerTV products for Education... ragingbull.altavista.com San Diego State U. liberal studies majors to learn new K-12 program Wed Jul 19 18:50:00 EDT 2000 SAN DIEGO, Jul 19, 2000 (The Daily Aztec, U-WIRE via COMTEX) -- A recently established grant will allow future teachers to use a cutting-edge Web-based program for use in the classroom. During the three-year program, students on the San Diego State University campus will use video and computer-based resources to learn how to make the most of a technology program to be implemented into future classrooms. If successful, the program will integrate technology into teaching education and will improve teaching, SDSU's Educational Technology chair Donn Ritchie said. "Investing in our teachers is an investment in our children's future," College of Education Dean Lionel Meno said. "There is a tremendous need to increase the technological proficiency of our teachers, particularly in low-income communities." The program will be tested in Fall 2001 at San Diego State University and California State University San Marcos. Students will not take extra units to learn the program. Instead, a professor will integrate the program into a classroom. In Spring 2002, the program will expand to other teaching education classes at both campuses. The program will extend to other CSUs in Fall 2002. The program will expand throughout the nation in the next three years to train more than 200,000 new K-12 teachers to be technologically proficient. After the program is implemented, K-12 students will be able to network with other students using the computer program at home, Ritchie said. This will also allow students to have direct contact with teachers while working at home. Students enrolled in pilot-testing courses at the two campuses will learn new technological skills each week. These include Internet and CD-Rom use in the classroom and students will see videos of current teachers using the program in classrooms. "It is fantastic students can review classrooms they will be doing student teaching in," said Sylvia Beach, Office Manager for the Future Educators Center on campus. Some students said they are excited to see more technology in classrooms because children are more exposed to computers than ever before. "Students now know more about computers than (their) teachers do," liberal studies junior Shana Nickols said. "These kids have computers at home and know so much about technology." The program will team ACTV HyperTV Networks and the San Diego County Office of Education to train future teachers at SDSU and CSU San Marcos. ACTV Hyper TV Networks will help develop CD-ROM and Internet technology and SDCOE will help develop video equipment for classroom use. The $1.5 million grant, given by the U.S. Department of Education, encourages partnerships among colleges, universities, elementary schools and technology companies. The program is an expansion of a similar program through the SDCOE that targeted grades four through eight. The new program adds grades nine through 12. Ritchie said the project will advance what is currently being done in the classroom but will take a few years to trickle down. "We're hoping to see the rate of literacy enhanced by this project," he said. Ritchie said the project will help make future teachers more marketable. "There are a tremendous amount of jobs (for teachers), so it definitely is a career opportunity for students," Ritchie said. "We have one of the best teacher education programs in the country, so we will have great quality regardless of whether we use this product or not." By Matthew Lockard dailyaztec.com (c) 2000 The Daily Aztec, San Diego State U. and U-WIRE