FIPSE simMentoring Activities & Resources

Date of Event

Events 

October 30, 2006

Initial FIPSE grant meeting

November 2006

Web site created

December 4, 2006

Workshop with co-creator, David Gibsonat UNT for project faculty and staff

February 11-13, 2007

FIPSE Project Directors' Meeting-Washington D.C.

February 21, 2007

simSchool and EDRE 4860-An Introduction

February 28, 2007

Second time with Dr. Wickstrom's Class/Introduce Blog

March 6, 2007

simSchool with Dr. Knezek's CECS 4100 class/Introduce Blog

March 7, 2007

Dr. Wickstrom's class tries out 5 students

March 8, 2007

simSchool with Dr. Knezek's other CECS 4100 class/Introduce Blog

March 12, 2007

Launch of Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic options in simSchool

March 14, 2007

Dr. Wickstrom's class with 5 students and lesson plan sheet

March 26-30, 2007

Presentations at the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE) in San Antonio

April 9-13, 2007

AERA conference in Chicago

April 17, 2007

Launch of the "Make a Student" and "Make a Task" system enhancements

May 14,2007

FIPSE group meeting to discuss summer plans

Summer-Fall 2007

Creation of handbook.

June 4,2007

Introduction to simSchool with Dr. Kelley King's EDSE 3800 class

June 24-27,2007

NECC conference in Atlanta

September 6, 2007

First meeting with Dr. King's EDSE 3800 class

September 13, 2007

Second meeting Dr. King's class

September 19, 2007

Pretest data gathering with Dr. Wicstrom's EDRE 4860 class

September 20, 2007

Third meeting with Dr. King's class

September 27, 2007

Fourth meeting with Dr. King's class

October 2, 2007

Fifth meeting with Dr. King's class

October 3, 2007

First simSchool training with Dr. Wickstrom's class

October 4, 2007

Final meeting with Dr. King's fall class

October 10, 2007

Second meeting with Dr. Wickstrom's class

October 11, 2007

One class with Dr. Knezek's CECS 4100 class

October 17, 2007

Third meeting with Dr. Wickstrom's class

October 24, 2007

Fourth meeting with Dr. Wickstrom's class

October 31, 2007

Fifth meeting with Dr. Wickstrom's class

November 7, 2007

Final class with Dr. Wickstrom's fall class

December 3, 2007

FIPSE meeting with Dr. Gibson

February 11, 2008

EDSP 5560 and EPSY 5550-two hour session

February 22, 2008

ERE Conference at University of North Texas. Presentation of year one findings

March 3-7, 2008

SITE conference in Las Vegas. PowerPoint Presentation on Year One Findings

March, 2008

3 CECS 4100 classes complete survey as control groups

March 12, 2008

Mr. Mayes' CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

March 13, 2008

Dr. Knezek's' CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

March 24-28, 2007

AERA conference in New York

March 27, 2008

Ms. McLeod's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

March 27, 2008

Ms. Brogdon's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

April 2008

Printing of simMentoring Guide to simSchool handbook

April 7, 2008

Dr. King's EDSE 3830 First meeting

April 9, 2008

Second meeting with Dr. King's class

April 14, 2008

Third meeting with Dr. King's class

April 16, 2008

Fourth meeting with Dr. King's class

April 21, 2008

Fifth meeting with Dr. King's class

April 23, 2008

Final Spring meeting with Dr. King's class

May, 2008

All post-test data from CECS 4100 treatment and control groups, EDSP 5560 and EPSY 5550 collected

June 29-July 2, 2008

NECC Conference in San Antonio, Texas

August 28, 2008

Dr. Tyler-Wood's and Peak's EDSP 5510, 5710, & 3210 courses complete a 2 hour simulation block with a special interest in creating and teaching a student with a disability, 1st Group

September 9, 2008

Dr. Tyler-Wood's and Peak's EDSP 5510, 5710, & 3210 courses complete a 2 hour simulation block with a special interest in creating and teaching a student with a disability, 2nd Group

September 11, 2008

Dr. Tyler-Wood's and Peak's EDSP 5510, 5710, & 3210 courses complete a 2 hour simulation block with a special interest in creating and teaching a student with a disability, 3rd Group

October 14, 2008

Dr. Knezek's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

October, 16 2008

Dr. Knezek's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

October 22, 2008

Mr. Mayes' CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

October 28, 2008

Mrs. McPherson's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

November 5-8, 2008

Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, Dallas, Texas.View PowerPoint presentation

November 15, 2008

UNT Adventures in Autism, Denton, Texas

January 29, 2009

Spring pilot test of online simMentoring- (3) mentor teachers were paired with (5) pre-service each in the Blackboard environment of EDSP 3210

February 10, 2009

Dr. Peak's EDSP 3210 course completed a 2 hour simulation block with a special interest in creating and teaching a student with a disability,

March 26, 2009

Mrs. McPherson's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool

March 2-6, 2009

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference in Charleston, SC 

July 27, 2009

Rough Draft of simMentoring Poster sent for review (PPT file)

Nov. 3, 2009

Dr. Knezek's LTEC4100 class SimSchool simulation.

June 13, 2011

PR article in ITBusinessnet about SimSchool being awarded a Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) grant from EDUCAUSE and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.