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FIPSE simMentoring Activities & Resources
FIPSE simMentoring Activities & Resources
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Date of Event |
Events |
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October 30, 2006 |
Initial FIPSE grant meeting |
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November 2006 |
Web site created |
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December 4, 2006 |
Workshop with co-creator, David Gibsonat UNT for project faculty and staff |
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February 11-13, 2007 |
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February 21, 2007 |
simSchool and EDRE 4860-An Introduction |
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February 28, 2007 |
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March 6, 2007 |
simSchool with Dr. Knezek's CECS 4100 class/Introduce Blog |
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March 7, 2007 |
Dr. Wickstrom's class tries out 5 students |
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March 8, 2007 |
simSchool with Dr. Knezek's other CECS 4100 class/Introduce Blog |
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March 12, 2007 |
Launch of Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic options in simSchool |
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March 14, 2007 |
Dr. Wickstrom's class with 5 students and lesson plan sheet |
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March 26-30, 2007 |
Presentations at the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE) in San Antonio |
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April 9-13, 2007 |
AERA conference in Chicago |
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April 17, 2007 |
Launch of the "Make a Student" and "Make a Task" system enhancements |
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May 14,2007 |
FIPSE group meeting to discuss summer plans |
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Summer-Fall 2007 |
Creation of handbook. |
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June 4,2007 |
Introduction to simSchool with Dr. Kelley King's EDSE 3800 class |
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June 24-27,2007 |
NECC conference in Atlanta |
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September 6, 2007 |
First meeting with Dr. King's EDSE 3800 class |
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September 13, 2007 |
Second meeting Dr. King's class |
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September 19, 2007 |
Pretest data gathering with Dr. Wicstrom's EDRE 4860 class |
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September 20, 2007 |
Third meeting with Dr. King's class |
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September 27, 2007 |
Fourth meeting with Dr. King's class |
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October 2, 2007 |
Fifth meeting with Dr. King's class |
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October 3, 2007 |
First simSchool training with Dr. Wickstrom's class |
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October 4, 2007 |
Final meeting with Dr. King's fall class |
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October 10, 2007 |
Second meeting with Dr. Wickstrom's class |
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October 11, 2007 |
One class with Dr. Knezek's CECS 4100 class |
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October 17, 2007 |
Third meeting with Dr. Wickstrom's class |
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October 24, 2007 |
Fourth meeting with Dr. Wickstrom's class |
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October 31, 2007 |
Fifth meeting with Dr. Wickstrom's class |
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November 7, 2007 |
Final class with Dr. Wickstrom's fall class |
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December 3, 2007 |
FIPSE meeting with Dr. Gibson |
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February 11, 2008 |
EDSP 5560 and EPSY 5550-two hour session |
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February 22, 2008 |
ERE Conference at University of North Texas. Presentation of year one findings |
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March 3-7, 2008 |
SITE conference in Las Vegas. PowerPoint Presentation on Year One Findings |
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March, 2008 |
3 CECS 4100 classes complete survey as control groups |
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March 12, 2008 |
Mr. Mayes' CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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March 13, 2008 |
Dr. Knezek's' CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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March 24-28, 2007 |
AERA conference in New York |
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March 27, 2008 |
Ms. McLeod's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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March 27, 2008 |
Ms. Brogdon's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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April 2008 |
Printing of simMentoring Guide to simSchool handbook |
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April 7, 2008 |
Dr. King's EDSE 3830 First meeting |
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April 9, 2008 |
Second meeting with Dr. King's class |
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April 14, 2008 |
Third meeting with Dr. King's class |
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April 16, 2008 |
Fourth meeting with Dr. King's class |
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April 21, 2008 |
Fifth meeting with Dr. King's class |
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April 23, 2008 |
Final Spring meeting with Dr. King's class |
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May, 2008 |
All post-test data from CECS 4100 treatment and control groups, EDSP 5560 and EPSY 5550 collected |
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June 29-July 2, 2008 |
NECC Conference in San Antonio, Texas |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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October 14, 2008 |
Dr. Knezek's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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October, 16 2008 |
Dr. Knezek's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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October 22, 2008 |
Mr. Mayes' CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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October 28, 2008 |
Mrs. McPherson's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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November 5-8, 2008 |
Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, Dallas, Texas.View PowerPoint presentation |
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November 15, 2008 |
UNT Adventures in Autism, Denton, Texas |
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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 |
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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, |
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March 26, 2009 |
Mrs. McPherson's CECS 4100 class completes three hour simulation block including one hour introduction to simSchool |
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March 2-6, 2009 |
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference in Charleston, SC |
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July 27, 2009 |
Rough Draft of simMentoring Poster sent for review (PPT file) |
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Nov. 3, 2009 |
Dr. Knezek's LTEC4100 class SimSchool simulation. |
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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. |