Educational Technology Jobs Explored
Posted 8:04 AM by One Trick Pony
SDSU's student paper, the Daily Aztec, ran a terrific piece about the department event Jim Marshall coordinated last week.


"Not many people can say they have been offered a job to work at Sea World of Florida with a $1.5 million budget to initiate any program desired along with a staff of 70 others to carry out orders.

"Debra Erickson, keynote speaker at the April 10 event titled, 'Virtually Endless Opportunities: An Exploration of Careers in Educational Technology,' has encountered several job opportunities, including this one.

"Erickson spoke before an audience of approximately 75 people in Casa Real. Attendees included the 50 students currently enrolled in San Diego State's educational technology department and an estimated 25 others who came to hear more about what the department had to offer." [...more ]

Teaching about the Holocaust
Posted 6:08 PM by One Trick Pony
Even though it was Spring Break, for the last three days we've had 170 teachers on campus for a workshop on teaching about the holocaust sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.

The EDTEC part was a session on WebQuests and the Holocaust. It includes a new version of the WebQuest about WebQuests and the world premier of Refuge Denied, a WebQuest about the voyage of the SS St. Louis in 1939 written by Karla Bell. We had five labs going, with facilitation by a platoon of EDTEC people: doc students Frankie Clem and Wendy Parcel; recent Masters grad Mike Guerena; 470 instructor Jim Epler; current students Karla Bell, Jeff Thomas and Dan McDowell; and faculty spouse June Dodge. All went well. A very satisfying day!