Laptop Initiative and the LTC profiled on Apple's Education Website
The Apple Web site article "MacBook is the LIFE of Preservice Teacher Training" describes the impact the program has had on the College. The LTC's support of the initiative is also highlighted.

Presidential Timeline Receives A+ Review from Education World
A review of the Presidential Timeline Web site by Education World has earned their highest rating of A+. The Education World Web site, billed as "The Educator's Best Friend," is widely used among educators and features information on lesson planning, professional development, and school issues, as well as educational Web site reviews....

The LTC has updated the iMac computers in its Mac Lab!
All thirty student workstations, as well as the instructor console computer have been replaced. The sleek new iMacs feature a slimmer-than-ever, all-in-one 20" monitor/CPU unit and brushed aluminum surfaces. The keyboards are also ultra thin and have new function keys for one-touch control of basic system operations....

Desktop Videoconferencing Bridges the Distance between Learners
On a rainy spring morning, the Inez Flores' fourth grade class took a tour of the University of Texas at Austin. What was remarkable about the visit was that the children didn't need umbrellas to stay dry—they didn't even need to leave their classroom. Their tour was a virtual one, via desktop videoconferencing....

Site Visit Describes Development of Laptop Initiative
The College of Education and the LTC, in conjunction with Apple Inc., hosted a site visit July 25 and 26 to help representatives from other higher education institutions learn about the College's Laptop Initiative for Future Educators, in which teacher education students entering the professional development sequence are required to have a laptop computer....

Learning Technology Center Performs Risk Assessment of College of Education Computers
The LTC's Technical and Network Services team recently completed a Risk Assessment of all College of Education networked computing devices to determine how many of them contain sensitive information. There was a special emphasis on locating the highest risk information, such as social security numbers, which is called "Category 1" data here at the University of Texas at Austin....

LTC Presents Faculty Technology Workshop
The LTC presented a technology workshop to 13 College of Education faculty on May 11, 2007. The daylong event, led by IDEA Studio Coordinator Karen French and LIFE Coordinator Chad Fulton, focused on updated features and innovative applications of software used throughout LIFE courses....

LTC Hires Grants and Contracts Specialist
The LTC is pleased to announce that Jennifer Gorenstein has been hired as a Grants and Contracts Specialist. This is a new position in the LTC's Projects and Programs Area, in which Jennifer will work with Coordinator Ken Tothero to facilitate the research and submission of externally funded grant proposals....

LTC Helps Fourth Graders Take a Virtual Tour of UT
The LTC's IDEA Studio has continued its exploration of the use of laptop videoconferencing in K-12 settings, working with COE faculty and teachers in local schools. This semester's efforts culminated in an interactive virtual field trip to the UT campus for 4th graders in Inez Flores's class at Dawson Elementary School....

Assistive Technology Lab Expands Collection of Communication Devices
The AT Lab, jointly run by the LTC and the Department of Special Education, has recently expanded its collection of assistive communication devices thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Texas Center for Disability Studies/Texas Technology Access Program. This will allow the lab to better demonstrate this type of equipment to the College?s teacher education and special education students....