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(Dr. Michael Hoadley). Our second group
is the College of Education and Professional Studies.
As the awardees and presenters are coming to the stage, a video
will be shown about Dr. Michael Mulvaney in the Department of
Recreation Administration who is receiving one of the awards.
Over the last two to three years, students in one
of my classes have been actively involved in
video editing projects.
Those video editing projects have utilized or relied heavily
on the resources at the Gregg Technology Center,
whether it's the high definition video recording resources
that they have.
Then as we get into the actual video editing using
the iLife packages, iMovie and iDVD in particular,
they've utilized those quite heavily.
And thanks to the help from the Gregg Technology Center,
they've been able to produce some pretty neat projects
out of those experiences.
In fact, some of those projects, the high-quality projects,
we've actually worked with them outside of the classroom
or beyond the actual assignment tied to the class.
And I've worked with them to submit them
in Eastern's academic iLife Challenge.
Over the last three years that program's been running I think
we've submitted at least a project two of those three years
and the students seem to really enjoy that experience.
In fact, one of the students who competed last year
in the challenge and was in that course that I taught where they
did the video editing, has since completed the course
but has expresed a strong interest in competing
in the challenge again this year.
And so him and I will be working on that project or another video
project that he's got in mind over the next couple of months
and hopefully get that submitted to this years' challenge,
helping him continue to integrate his experiences that
he's had in the classroom with his experiences outside
of the classroom to really hopefully provide a nice project
and a nice feather in his cap for his resume and hopefully
future marketability when he gets into the job market.
I think as students come to Eastern, you know,
from my experiences they come with varying levels
or skill sets and experiences with computer technology.
Some very, very sophisticated.
Others a bit intimidated by some of the technologies that are
out there, particularly the computer-related technologies.
And so really what I'm trying to do is be intentional
with exposing students to some of the different techonologies
that are out there that would particularly be beneficial
to their job, to not only help prepare them, better prepare
them for the future job market and make them a little more
of an attractive candidate than maybe some other people
applying for the job.
But the other is to simply expose them to this technology.
And so when the new technologies certainly present themselves
in the future, maybe that comfort of jumping right in
and learning about it, and how they go about engaging
that technology, that barrier will hopefully be diminished
a little bit, they'll be a little more comfortable
getting their feet wet and not so intimidated with some
of these technologies that are out there.
(Dr. Diane H. Jackman). It's always such a pleasure
and honor to present the technology award winners
every year, and this year is no different.
The Excellence in Technology Award for Teaching from
the College of Education and Professional Studies
is being presented to Dr. Michael Mulvaney this year.
Dr. Mulvaney is passionate about his teaching and in finding
the best and most effective ways to incorporate technology
appropriately in the teaching and learning process.
In his class, Recreation 3910, students are required to learn
about and then use HD video recording and editing software
to create three to five minute videos, which are then formatted
on DVDs as well as published on the students' websites,
another project for their class.
And in the video, you saw some of his students doing just that.
Dr. Mulvaney uses WebCT extensively and has been able
to create some hybrid learning environments in traditional
classroom settings.
He has also created a web resource for our recreation
administration students that links information about
curriculum, fieldwork, internships, and professional
associations along with numerous professional development
opportunities for our students.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Michael Mulvaney for
receiving the 2010 Excellence in Technology for Teaching Award.
[audience applause].
This year's Excellence in the Use of Technology Program Award
for the College of Education and Professional Studies
is really being given to a committee that spans
all four academic colleges, the EIU Teacher Education Unit
Assessment Committee.
Dr. Patricia Poulter, last year's chair, and
Dr. Teresa Freking, this year's chair, are accepting the award.
Faculty from all four colleges at EIU are members
of this very important committee.
Although the members have changed over the years,
this committee remains committed to accountability,
continuous improvement, and excellence in all of our
educator preparation programs.
Several years ago, it was clear that we needed an electronic
data management system, and this committee recommended
the use of LiveText.
This system allows teacher education students to submit
assignments and create electronic portfolios.
It allows faculty to grade assignments and gather program
level data and use that data in their program assessments,
and it allows the unit to gather and assess data
for multiple institution reports, state program reports,
and accreditation self-studies.
The Unit Assessment Committee regularly examines unit level
data and yearly recommends any changes that we need to make
to the Council on Teacher Education.
Please join me in congratulating the EIU Teacher Education Unit
Assessment Committee on receiving the 2010 Excellence
in the Use of Technology Program Award.
[audience applause].
The next recipient from the college is Carol Dhom.
She has won the Excellence in the Use of Technology Award
for Service from the College of Education
and Professional Studies.
During the past few years, Carol has seen many different
technologies positively change the lives of Kinesiology
and Sports Studies students, faculty, alumni and their
students and clients.
These personal experiences made her a strong advocate
for the use of technology in her interactions with everybody.
She willingly looks for new technologies to enhance
the academic experience of KSS students and faculty,
and when something goes wrong, she is always there to try
and help fix the problem.
As her department chair said, "Carol has truly brought
"the Kinesiology and Sports Studies Department
"into today's technological society."
That's a tongue-twister.
Please join me in congratulating Carol for receiving the
2010 Excellence in the Use of Technology Award for Service.
[audience applause].
[no dialogue].
(Dr. Hoadley). Congratulations in the
College of Education and Professional Studies.
[audience applause].