International+Conference

= International Conference on Integration of Teacher Education and ICT  = The conference began with a welcome and speech by the Hubei Provincial Government Official; Mr. Du Yue, Secretary General Chinese UNESCO; Mr. Xu Tao, Director General of Teacher Affairs, MOE.

//Key fact to start: China produces 250,000 new k12 teachers per year!// The focus of conference is on integration of ICT into k12 and teacher preparation. Below are some interesting points of various talks:



Above is Mr. Yang Zongkai, President, Huazhong Normal University (Central China Normal University) and also the high ranking member of the Party for Hubei Province. Above is Mr. Ge Jun, Managing Director, Intel China and also Martina Roth, PhD., Sr. Director, Global Strategy, Research and Policy Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Corporation. They were both wonderful and Martina is now my new role model!

Referenced Transforming American Education: Powered by Tech (Nat'l Educ Tech Plan 2010) - US DOE

Central China University's Classroom of the Future is here on campus and we will visit later.

VP Hu She Jun, South China Normal University shared three strategies
 * resource sharing
 * teacher prog transformation - have flexible models
 * student learning transformation

Challenges is to integrate traditional model with ICT model

Key comment made by VP Hu: We get 4 years to prepare a teacher, and then they spend 40 years in the classroom! ICT changes so fast How can we get them ready for lifelong learning in ICT?

VP Ren Youqun (Jen you choo) East China Normal (goes to AERA will send abstract) Best point was "How can we prove the success of our programs?" Showed how they use micro teaching chamber to prepare teachers - a very cool space!

Xin Jiang Normal University (northwest china) - Ms Zhang Hai Yams presented on how she trained faculty in the Intel Teach model (just like we did at CSUF!)