Angus King to Join UMaine Technology/Teaching Discussion
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Former Gov. Angus King will participate in a Friday March 28 University of Maine program, “Technology, Teaching and Learning: Implications for Today and Tomorrow,” arranged by UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development. The forum is scheduled for 9 a.m.-noon in Memorial Union’s Bangor Room.
King served as Maine’s governor from 1994-2002. His legacy includes the development of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI), which put laptop computers in all Maine school districts, expanding students’ access to technology and creating new ways for teachers to deliver instruction and foster learning.
He will join Friday’s discussion from 9:15-1015 a.m. via iChat, the Macintosh video conferencing program.
King will offer perspectives on MLTI and what it has meant to Maine, along with his thoughts on the need to effectively prepare teachers to use technology in the classroom.
Other discussion subjects will include an update on MLTI, the challenges UMaine faces in preparing teachers to work in schools where technology is commonplace and trends related to technology in schools.
UMaine has the largest teacher preparation program in Maine. The class that begins UMaine studies in the fall of 2008, for the most part, will be those students who were the first Maine seventh graders to use laptops provided through the MLTI initiative.
UMaine students, College of Education and Human Development faculty and college staff, and interested faculty from UMaine will participate in Friday’s session.