Reorganization of LTC Roles for Ken Tothero and Karen French
Ken Tothero's leadership has been integral to the development and success of the faculty technology integration services of the Learning Technology Center's IDEA Studio. And now, as Ken's other responsibilities have mushroomed, Karen French is ready to carry on that standard of excellence....

Dr. Paul Resta Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Paul E. Resta, Director of the College of Education's Learning Technology Center and Ruth Knight Millikan Centennial Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.

Improvements to Distance Learning Classroom Update Aging Systems
Since the DLC opened in 1998, countless students, instructors, and colleagues have been brought together via the video and audio links it provides. But as the DLC entered its eighth year it began to show its technological age even as its use continued to grow. In response, Craig Smith has initiated a multi-phase effort to upgrade the DLC's systems....

LTC Launches New Presidential Timeline Website
A Web-based Presidential Timeline filled with digitized artifacts and historical archives from all of the U.S. presidential libraries has been created through the efforts of the 12 presidential libraries of the National Archives and Records Administration, the Learning Technology Center of The University of Texas at Austin's College of Education and the UT Library system....

LTC Announces New Coordinator of LIFE Program
The Learning Technology Center is pleased to announce that Chad Fulton is the new Coordinator for the Laptop Initiative for Future Educators (LIFE ). Chad is already very familiar with the initiative because he has supervised the employees of the Laptop Help Desk, a critical element of the LTC's support of LIFE , since its inception in 2002....

Dr. Paul Resta Serves as President Of International Jury for New UNESCO Prize
Dr. Paul E. Resta, Director of the LTC and Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, recently served as President of the international jury to award the UNESCO's King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education....