In this issue . . . .

* Summer Session 2009
* Steinhardt Grant Opportunity for Students
* NYU Events
* Local NYC Events in ECT
* Job Opportunities
* Graduation
* Fundraiser

Summer Session 2009

The ECT faculty encourage students to think about Summer Session 2009. ECT will be offering the following courses. For planning purposes, it is essential for students to inform us which of the following courses (if any) you are considering: Send a reply to Professor Shuchat Shaw, francine.shaw@nyu.edu, with a simple list of course numbers by Friday, February 20.

E19.2251 Educational Design for the World Wide Web
June 29 to August 7, Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:55 to 7:25
Pre-requisite to E19.2177, Advanced World Wide Web Design Lab
Prepares students to design instructional systems and environments for the World Wide Web, based on principles drawn from instructional design models and cognitive and constructivist perspectives on learning and instruction. Students develop an understanding of the unique design potential and challenges of web-based instructional materials. Students develop skills in HTML, Javascript, and Flash to design Web sites and incorporate multimedia content into sites.

E19.2018 Integrating Media and Technology in the K-12 Curriculum
June 29 to August 7, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:55 to 7:25
Currently being revised. Content will include:

1. This course addresses the role, value, integration and use of media and technologies in K-12 classrooms;

2. We examine how technology-based learning materials and activities may be designed and used in ways the enhance and advance a wide range of learning goals; these goals may be discipline-specific; or they may cross the curriculum, relating to higher order cognitive strategies such as critical thinking, problem solving, media literacy (other versions include computer literacy), or relating to hierarchies of types of knowledge and learning;

3. We also examine how the use of media and technology in schools and classrooms is influenced by educational perspectives ranging from constructivist to instructivist, and how media and technology may be selected and integrated to support diverse teaching methods and strategies. In these contexts, we use many examples to illustrate:

* the use of discipline-based media by teachers and students;
* to demonstrate student uses of media and technology for research and presentation, communication and collaboration;
* to explore the value of student uses of such applications as databases and spreadsheets both as analytic tools in the disciplines and as cognitive tools that challenge and exercise wide-ranging thinking and organizing skills.

4. Students also have hands-on introductions to:

* multimedia learning with animations, simulations and games;
* opportunities for learning through use of social networking tools such as blogs, vlogs, wikis, forums and podcasts;
* course management systems;
* online student portfolios;
* repositories of teaching materials and resources, such as iTunesU, YouTube, curriki; teacher education organizations, all types of arts museums, science and technology centers, and historical and cultural societies;
* extensions of learning experiences through uses of hand-held, portable, wireless and remote technologies.

E19.2197 Media Practicum: Field Internship

180 hours: 3 credits. Hours Arranged. Prerequisite: Permission of Internship Coordinator. Restricted to ECT students. Includes fieldwork and seminar on campus. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 credits. May be taken a maximum of two times.

Students are placed in internships in the educational media and technology field. ECT regards internships as essential to professional development and places students in excellent settings throughout New York City that match their interests and goals. Interns, as apprentices, learn through supervised participation to design, produce, use and evaluate educational media and technology-based learning environments.

E19.2198 K-12 Student Teaching in Educational Technology
(strictly for students doing internships in schools)
180 hours: 3 credits. Hours Arranged. Prerequisite: Permission of Internship Coordinator. Restricted to ECT students. Includes fieldwork and seminar on campus. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 credits. May be taken a maximum of two times.

Students are placed in elementary, middle, or high school settings for student teaching experiences in diverse practices in educational media and technology. These might include, for example, practices in technology integration and implementation, coordination and leadership in technology-related reform efforts, support to teachers for curricular and instructional uses of media and technology to improve learning, support to teachers and students in media design and production as well as in media education and literacy.

Steinhardt Grant Opportunity for Students

Dean's Grants for Student Research 2009

To print out an application and for more information:

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/honors/grants

Outstanding graduate students in NYY Steinhardt are invited to apply for the Dean's Grants for Student Research 2009. Graduate students may be awarded up to $1,000 to explore a faculty-sponsored independent research project or a specific component of thesis or dissertation work, e.g. instrument development/validation or a pilot study.

NYU Events

Talk: Siegfried Zielinski, German Media Scholar
Thursday, February 26, 6:00-7:30 pm
Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center, First Floor
Free. For more information: mcc.events@nyu.edu

Local NYC Events in ECT

The Second Annual Subway Summit on Cognition & Education Research
February 27, 2009
Lowenstein Building
113 West 60th Street, Columbus Avenue (at 60th Street)
12th Floor Lounge
Participating Universities:
Fordham University
CUNY Graduate Center
Columbia University
New York University
RSVP to William B. Whitten II, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Scholar
Graduate School of Education, Fordham University
"William B. Whitten II" <whitten@fordham.edu>

See Subway Summit.pdf attached for program and directions

TCETC 2009: Technology, Media and Designs for Learning
The Communication, Computing, and Technology in Education Program at Teachers College
invites submissions for its 2009 conference on May 10-11, 2009. It will serve as a multi-disciplinary forum for graduate students to discuss and exchange information on the research, development and applications of emerging technologies for learning. The deadline for submission is March 16, 2009.
http://events.tc.columbia.edu/tcetc2009/%20

International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace
Teachers College at Columbia University
June 10-12, 2009
http://www.icelw.org/home.htm

Job Opportunities

Research Assistant for Molecules & Minds Project

The CREATE lab is seeking a research assistant for the Molecules & Minds project, funded by the USDOE, in which we conduct research on the design of effective computer simulations for high school science education. We are seeking one or two highly motivated, reliable, and responsible individuals to join our multi-disciplinary team and assist us with the processing of empirical data collected in NYC high school classrooms. Responsibilities may include: research support, classroom observations, data entry and analysis, and video data management. Pay is $12/hour part-time (approximately 10 hours per week) starting immediately and ending May 2009.

For more information contact:

Lizzie Hayward, elizabeth.hayward@nyu.edu
or Ruth Schwartz, ruth.schwartz@nyu.edu
Molecules & Minds Team
PIs: Jan Plass, Bruce Homer, Catherine Milne, and Trace Jordan
CREATE Lab, Rm. 222 Pless Annex
82 Washington Square Place, New York, NY 10003

Hunter College Elementary: Computer Technology Teacher
Teach computer technology skills integrated into the core curriculum to students in grades K-6. Work collaboratively with classroom teachers, support staff, and administration to integrate technology throughout the curriculum and school life. Participate on a technology task force with members of the Hunter College Campus School community.

Skills:

* Elementary School Teaching Experience
* Experience with Macintosh and Dell Computer
* Proficiency and/or experience with the following programs: Microsoft Office; MicroWorlds; Mavis Beacon Touch Typing; Internet Explorer; Inspiration; Dreamweaver; Imovie; Advanced Photoshop; Storyweaver; Hyperstudio; Kidpix

To Apply:

E-mail a letter of interest and resume to Principal Randall Collins, rcollins@hccs.hunter.cuny.edu

Graduation

Graduation Ceremonies, May 2009

* Valedictory Celebration, Monday, May 11, 2009, 3:30 pm, Radio City Music Hall
* Doctoral Convocation, Friday, May 8, 2009, 3:00 pm, Skirball Center
* University Commencement, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 11:00 am, Yankee Stadium

September 08, January 08 and May 09 graduates are formally invited to participate in May ceremonies. Only doctoral candidates who have passed their final oral examination by April 3, 2009 will be permitted to participate in the Doctoral Convocation and Commencement.

Fundraiser

ECT MA student Julie Fefferman is organizing a fundraiser for an AIDS orphanage in Zambia. See the attached flyer for more information on the cause.

Children's Town
The event will be on March 11th at Side Bar in Union Square, 7pm-11pm.

Thanks so much!
Julie Fefferman