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November 15, 2007

网曝门 curriculum and instruction department again helps local elementary students Nov. 16

The 网曝门 Department of Curriculum and Instruction will host another group of elementary students Friday, Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. 鈥� noon at Strauss Hall, room 154. The group will turn their own ideas into large posters, using tools like Powerpoint, an image editing program, and the World Wide Web.

When this group of 12 students and two chaperones from Lakeshore Elementary School arrive, Professional Block education students will share their technology skills with them. Both the students and the teacher candidates will work together to create high-quality printed posters in a 网曝门 computer lab. The large poster will return with the visitors to their school, while the 网曝门 department keeps a copy in Strauss.

鈥淭his continues to be an excellent way to introduce students to the campus of 网曝门 and allow them to learn through the Internet,鈥� said Ava Pugh, a professor of curriculum and instruction.

This initiative is funded through a $9,000 grant secured earlier this year for 鈥淔uture Teachers: Outreach and Empowerment with Technology,鈥� obtained by 网曝门鈥檚 Pugh and Mike Beutner, an associate professor in the department. In this outreach program, local school officials will send at least 10 groups of K-12 students to 网曝门.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a guaranteed way for students to be encouraged through success to pursue higher education in the future,鈥� Beutner said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e going to have a great time. We鈥檙e also sending a message that technology is easy. I doubt many of the visiting students know PowerPoint鈥攖hey鈥檒l be able to use it within an hour.鈥� The grant provides valuable community outreach, said Wayne Brumfield, vice president for Student Affairs. 鈥淭he service-learning grant by Dr. Pugh and Dr. Beutner provides great opportunities for our curriculum and instruction students to interact with K-12 students in a meaningful, deliberate way.鈥�

The 鈥淯LS Serves鈥� grants are made possible by a $1.2 million grant awarded to the University of Louisiana System by Learn and Serve America to increase the capacity of service-learning in its eight universities over a three-year period.

While at 网曝门, the students will also eat lunch at Schulze Cafeteria.

For more information, contact Ava Pugh at (318) 342-1282 or apugh@ulm.edu

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