Southeastern, Delgado partner on third annual NETT Conference
Contact: Christina Chapple
5/3/06
HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University and Delgado Community College are working together to stage the third annual Northshore Excellence in Teaching with Technology Conference, July 20-21 at Southeastern’s St. Tammany Center, Delgado-Covington, and Fontainebleau High School.
The conference, which expands this year to include the St. Tammany Parish Schools, is open to any educator wanting to learn more about the use of technology in the classroom. Participants are encouraged to register early as space is limited.
Registration is now open on-line at www3.selu.edu/sttammanycenter. The site includes information on session topics, speakers, workshops and locations.
Laura Zammit, instructional/technology coordinator for Southeastern’s Center for Faculty Excellence, said the 2006 NETT conference has expanded to two days to meet faculty needs.
“Post-Katrina, alternative delivery of education and distance learning has become even more important in reaching students,” Zammit said. “Because participants have asked for more time with certain topics, we are offering all-day pre-conference workshops on July 20.” Workshop topics include on-line and web-based course delivery, digital media, web design, technology grant development and more.
Delgado and Southeastern have also collaborated on a grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to expand the 2006 and future conferences and to continue supporting faculty excellence throughout the year.
“The truly exciting component of the grant proposal,” said Ashley Chitwood, assistant dean of student, community and workforce development at Delgado Northshore, “is the procurement of $65,000 of leading-edge technology that would be shared by conference participants – university, community college, and K-12.”
She said items might include electronic white boards, response systems, PDAs and other technology to enhance classroom learning.
The NETT conference represents increasing partnership between Southeastern and Delgado, and students are the beneficiaries. In addition to addressing improvements in teaching, the schools have developed several 2+2 articulation agreements which enable students to earn a 2-year associate degree from Delgado, transfer a block of credits to Southeastern, and complete the last 2 years there for a bachelors degree.
The Northshore Excellence in Teaching with Technology conference steering committee includes Zammit; Chitwood; Stella Helluin, director of the Southeastern St. Tammany Center; Deborah Morgan, dean of Delgado Northshore; and John Swang, instructional technology supervisor for St. Tammany Parish Schools.
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