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Project Partners & Resources
Project Partners
The following partners are working on this project:
- Lanit
Consulting, Inc is a technology consulting company
in Columbia, MO. In 2002, LANIT developed an
electronic portfolio management and assessment system
for the University of Missouri's College of Education.
- The eMINTS
National Center - The goal of eMINTS is to transform
how teachers teach and students learn with professional
development and support from certified instructional specialists
or eMINTS staff (in Missouri).The eMINTS philosophy is
based on transforming teaching using inquiry-based methods
and strategies powered by
technology. The eMINTS program seeks to help teachers
use technology in ways that change student engagement
and student products through high-quality professional
development and in-classroom support.The eMINTS National
Center is a resource base for Missouri schools and districts
as well as for other states that
wish to collaborate with eMINTS staff and with one another
to replicate the eMINTS instructional model (high quality
teaching powered by technology) within their educational
systems.
- Two partner schools are cooperating with the grant in
conducting research related to technology use in assessment
and learning. Mill
Creek Elementary School in the Independence
School District is located in Independence, Missouri. Hallsville
Elementary School in the Hallsville School District
is located in Hallsville, Missouri.
- Research and Training Associates, Inc. conducts
the external evaluation for the project.
Project Resources
The University of Missouri - Columbia (MU) team works with the following resources on this project:
- MU's College
of Education, with an enrollment of more than 2,100 graduate and undergraduate students, has evolved into an environment where faculty, staff and students have come to expect extraordinary technology access, support and innovation.
- The Reflector is
a technology rich environment created in the College of
Education to actively support and promote high levels of
technology utilization and integration in teaching and learning.
- The Learning
and Performance Support (LAPS) team is a technical
support group that works directly with networking, hardware
and software used in the College of Education.
- The Center
for Technology Innovations in Education (CTIE) is
a research and development center dedicated to the reform
of teaching and learning methods through the innovative
application of technology.
- The Information
Experience Laboratory is a usability testing facility
in CTIE. The lab serves the research needs of faculty
and students in human-computer interaction, information
retrieval, user studies and more.
- The MU
Partnership for Educational Renewal (MPER) is a collaborative
organization dedicated to positive systemic educational
change. The partnership consists of the MU Colleges of
Education, Arts and Science, the Missouri Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and 80 partner
schools in 23 public school districts, working together
with students and parents to improve our educational system
from preschool through college.
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