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James Bosco, PhD. |
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Is it Possible to Reform Schools?
Toward Keeping the Promise of ICT in our Schools. |
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Monday, 17 May 2004. |
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16.15 –17.15 |
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James Bosco holds the rank of Professor in the Department
of Educational Studies at Western Michigan University
in Kalamazoo, Michigan and he is also the Director of
External Educational Technology Relations for the College
of Education at WMU. As such he works at the state and
national level to foster linkages between WMU and other
agencies and organization to expand and improve the use
of technology in K-12 schools and in the preparation of
education professionals. He played a major role in connecting
schools in Michigan to the Internet and has continued
to be involved with a number of technology initiatives
at the state level in Michigan. He was a member of U.S.
Senator Carl Levin’s technology working group that resulted
in a series of school ICT initiatives in Michigan. He
led the efforts in Michigan to establish Tech Corps in
Michigan and was the coordinator for ThinkQuest in Michigan.
He is currently a member of the State Advisory Committee
for the Michigan one-to-one K-12 wireless initiative.
He has been extensively involved with ICT at the national
level as well. He was a past -chair of the Consortium
for School Networking (CoSN). and is the current co-chair
of the CoSN International Committee. He was responsible
for the establishment of the Technology Standards for
School Administrators which was adopted by the International
Society for Technology in Education as NETS*A and he serves
on the ISTE advisory committee for technology for school
administrators. His focus for the past several years has
been on ICT as it pertains to school reform issues. He
was co-director of a Kellogg Foundation project on school
reform at the secondary level and is currently at work
on a book on the topic of school reform. |
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