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Notes from visit to The Curry School of Education visit, Univ of Virginia, 2 May 2002

10:30   Glen Bull, Co-Director, Center for Technology and Teacher Education

Ask Stephanie about Kathy Schwann

- does degree in social studies and technology

Walter Heinike does technology assessment with policy

Friday meet Kathy for lunch

- could meet on Michael's Bisto on the corner, across from the rotunda area, upstairs

- meet at noon

Transfer credit depends on the program

- talk with Kathy first about being in the program, Stephanie is in the program can give more nuanced information, she has been in the program for 1 year, Jerry for 2 years in IT

Have good working relationships with local districts, Thomas Jefferson district in northern VA, Durham NC, Philadelphia

- some are grant driven, but not all

don't believe in distance learning, believes in collaborative learning / collaborative education

- goal of distance learning is delivering content at less cost (efficiency model)

- goal of education (from his perspective) is not to pare costs

Ask Michael Burson course at CUFA of NCSS

- taught Stephanie

Need to focus on career goals first

- if IT, if social studies, if instructional tech - those will be the program area

Generally you are hired by faculty from that program

- be careful of specialized

- think about the peer group that you want to work with

Stategy has been to provide funding to as many people as possible

- not just picking a few elite people and giving them LOTS of money

- total amount of package here will probably be less

- Judi got a better offer from Harvard, but felt philosophically UVA was a better match for her

Should talke to Dr Kinsey about work in medical school

- are generic indicators for at risk children, trying to develop tools that would allow children and families to maintain medical histories

John Bunch is IT coordinator, financial aide flows thru the program area

- ask him about financial aid and his work with museums