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Applying Technology Practices in Schools and the University
technology fieldwork internships between rural schools and Boise State University.
 
Jeff listens intently as his professor explains how to create an effective electronic presentation. He is becoming confident in his ability to use computers effectively in a classroom after having hands-on experience with word processors, databases, spreadsheets, the Internet and email, instructional software, and presentation software. He has not only learned the skills he needs to use these software packages, but he has also learned how to plan lessons that use these tools effectively in the teaching/learning process.

Tomorrow he begins the first day of his technology fieldwork internship in a public school. As a part of the basic instruction on integrating computer technology into the teaching/learning process, Boise State University students have the opportunity to spend 15 hours in a classroom with five or more computers and a teacher who knows or is learning how to use them effectively. He will work with students at the age level and in the content area that he is preparing to teach.

The school in which Jeff will assist has a special relationship with Boise State University. All of the computers in that school are there as the result of the university’s initiative, called the Technology Outreach Program, to place used computers donated by private individuals, businesses, and government in public school classrooms. The school to which Jeff will go for his internship is a rural school of 500 students, eighty-five percent of whom are Hispanic. The school has virtually no money of its own to buy computers, but receives $30,000 per year from the state for technology initiatives.

Because of the university’s recycling program and technology interns, the school now has five computers in every classroom, an entire staff in technology training, and internship students to assist in classrooms while teachers and students are learning to use the technology. When either the teachers or the internship students are "stumped" by a computer or technology related curriculum problem, they can call the hotline maintained by the university for technical support. Jeff will leave Boise State University ready to face the challenges of the 21st century classroom.

To learn more about this program, visit the College of Ed.
 
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