Hello learners.  Welcome to the class home page of ETEC 579 - Administration of Media Technology Programs (Summer I, 2005)

Syllabus

Tentative Schedule

Technology Plan Guidelines

Chapter Presentations

Multimedia Content

Project Grading Rubrics

Technology Grant Proposal Guidelines

TEXTBOOK
 - Managing Media Services : Theory and Practice, 2nd ed.
   by Schmidt, William D.; Rieck, Donald Arthur.; Vlcek, Charles W.
   ISBN: 1563085305  (2nd ed.)

On-line Text (direct link to book)
NetLibrary Home (you can login from here if direct link above does not work)

    This is an online textbook freely accessible to TAMU-C students; therefore, no hardcopies are requested to be stocked by the university bookstores.

Purchase is OPTIONAL; however, if you desire to purchase a hardcopy, you may...

...buy the book from Amazon ($51.50 new, some used available at lower prices)

...buy the book from Barnes & Noble ($51.50 new)

...buy the book directly from publisher, Greenwood Publishing Group ($51.50 new)

...or buy the book from any one of a variety of on-line sources.

This is a "Web-Based" course.
Connect to the on-line course component HERE

Student Chapter Presentations - Selected Power Point presentations produced by students of this course in prior semesters.  (... just in case you're interested.)

Technology Plans:  Planning for Progress (.htm)
Technology Plans:  Planning for Progress (.ppt)
 

Sample Technology Plan - Paris Junior College Plan for Distance Education and Off-Campus Instruction.  Original form developed for NETCC by Dr. Michael Dennehy.

Sample Computer Hardware & Software Inventory Form (.doc)

Networking Basics (.ppt)

Master Technology Teacher Preparation Manual

Possibly Useful Sites

Funding Sources & Opportunities

• ED.gov (U.S. Department of Education)
• FundsNet Services - Lists may grant making entities.
• GE Foundation (General Electric)
• GMability Community Involvement (General Motors)
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Texas Commission on the Arts
• Texas State Library and Archives Commission - Funding for Libraries (some funding requires approved Tech Plan)

 Downloads

• PowerPoint Viewer for Windows 9x & newer OS versions.
• PowerPoint Viewer for Macintosh.
• PowerPoint Office Animation Plug-in (enables PP animations in IE 5.0 without PP.)

APA Style Help

• APA Research Style Crib Sheet

Other

• Fair Use and Copyright for Teachers

National Science Foundation

• Guide for Proposal Writing

North Central Regional Education Laboratory

• NCREL - Technology in Education
• NCREL - Developing a School or District Technology Plan - includes several sample plans.
• NCREL - Guiding Questions for Technology Planning
• NCREL - Leadership and Learning with Technology
• NCREL - enGauge
• NCREL - enGauge - Technology Funding Links, Resources, and Sample Budgets.

Free On-line Virus Scanners

• Housecall from Trend Micro

Possibly Un-useful Sites

• "Cog" - The Unbelievable Honda Accord Commercial (3.3MB .mpg)
• That "Thong Song" - Rated G  ;-)

E-mail the instructor:  Jason.Davis@tamuc.edu

Department of Secondary and Higher Education
Texas A&M University-Commerce

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