Podcast | Merging a School Library Media Program with an Educational Technology Program: Aligning Standards and Comparing Existing Programs

From the 2006 AECT Conference.
Merging a School Library Media Program with an Educational Technology Program: Aligning Standards and Comparing Existing Programs - should be of interest to LIS Educators.

Pesenters:John Curry, Oklahoma State University; Susan Stansberry, Oklahoma State University
Description: This presentation detail the experience of a large Midwestern university’s challenge in merging a thriving School Library Media program with the revival of an Educational Technology program. The presentation focuses on two main issues: alignment of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards and the School Media and Education Technology Specialists (SMETS) standards, and a comparison of the existing educational technology programs. Milestones, challenges and administrative issues will be chronicled and discussed.

Quality is a little fuzzy but still worth a listen - especially at 27 minutes you can listen over lunch. ;-)