ABSTRACT

The major purpose of NOC-TIITE is to make modern multimedia computer technology ubiquitous in content and methods courses and field experiences for future teachers. NOC-TIITE, consisting of Loyola University New Orleans and the University of New Orleans, will be co-directed by Dr. Margaret Dermody (Loyola) and Dr. Richard Speaker (UNO). Faculty and students in teams from Loyola and UNO, and other New Orleans area IHE's (after the first year), will participate in NOC-TIITE institutes and implement instruction using technology in their courses and field experiences with children in LEA and private schools. NOC-TIITE will use the highly effective model of teachers teaching teachers (TTT) developed initially in the Bay Area Writing Project to produce Teaching with Technology (TWT). The evaluation design by Dr. Martha Ruddell, Chair of Education at Sonoma State University, captures the complexity of the collaborative innovation between the IHE's and LEA/private schools. The project will involve 60 university faculty, 150 university students as student technology mentors (STM), more than 3,000 other university students, and approximately 3,500 learners in 50 classrooms in 5 schools in the New Orleans Area, over the three years of NOC-TIITE. The $1.17 million project is funded through the U.S. Department of Education's initiative "Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology" (PT3). Consortium partners include Isidore Newman School, John Dibert School, Benjamin Franklin High School, Mary Church Terrell School, YMCA Educational Services, and The Audubon Institute.