The Curriculum, Technology, and Education Reform (CTER) online Master of Education program is in its 6th year enjoying continued success

The Curriculum, Technology, and Education Reform (CTER) online Master of Education program is in its 6th year enjoying continued success.

Recently, several CTER graduates and faculty have been recognized for their excellent work in educational technology. Jan Hari, Laura Hlinka, Pam Van Walleghen and Kevin Erlinger, all teachers at Urbana Middle School, and CTER graduates (Hlinka is a current student) received a grant from the Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation to help eighth-graders learn lessons about science and technology by building towers from toothpicks and knocking them down. Their program incorporates wireless technology and sensor probes.

Professor Gary Cziko (Educational Psychology), and Professor Sharon Tettegah (Curriculum & Instruction), both CTER instructors, were recently named Fellows of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Dr. Cziko's research incorporates internet technology to establish synchronous communications networks between foreign language learners and native speakers of the languages they are learning. Dr. Tettegah is developing an online knowledge repository where educators can dialogue on cultural issues that are related to classroom practices.

For more information about CTER, go to: http://cter.ed.uiuc.edu.