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PATS Events for Fall 1999 Tuesday September 7 12:30-2:00 p.m.:   TE 496 Graduate Seminar at Tatterson House.  Dr. George Maughan and Dr. Edward Pytlik of the Technology Education Program will speak on "Policies and Procedures of the M.A. and Ed.D. Programs of Study.” This session is particularly useful for new Technology Education students, since it provides information crucial to the development of the rest of their course of study. Tuesday September 21 12:30-2:00 p.m.:  TE 496 Graduate Seminar at Tatterson House.  Dr. Greg Good, Associate Professor in the WVU History Dept. will speak on "Geoscientists and the Environmental Crisis ca. 1970." Dr. Good, a specialist in environmental history and the history of science, will discuss "reactions of geologists, oceanographers, atmospheric scientists and their ilk to environmental problems starting in the 60s." As Dr. Good points out: "While most commentators reflect on the origins of the environmental movement in this time period, they tend to focus on environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club and EarthFirst! It is important that the point be made clearly that scientists were also alarmed about environmental problems and that they acted very early and effectively to produce some of the changes in government policy that are now taken for granted. Their reactions and decisions were based partly on scientific expertise and partly on other aspects of their backgrounds -- social, cultural, political." Tuesday October 5 12:30-2:00 p.m.:  TE 496 Graduate Seminar in Room 404-D Allen Hall.   Dr. John Wells, Associate Professor in the WVU Technology Education program, will speak on "The TEBC (Technology Education Biotechnology Curriculum) Project: Past, Present, Future." As Dr. Wells points out, the "presentation will cover the development of curriculum materials that address biotechnology content for delivery by Technology Education teachers at the K-12 level. Topics covered will include the rationale and background, biotechnology Knowledge Areas and Subdivisions, ProbScen learning objectives, and classroom activities in the Technology Education Biotechnology Curriculum (TEBC), including instructional strategies and collaborative methods employed." Tuesday October 19 12:30-2:00 p.m.:   TE 496 Graduate Seminar at Tatterson House, Dr. David McCrory, Chair of the Advanced Educational Studies Department, will speak on "How to Plan and Conduct Workshops and Training Sessions." Dr. McCrory will draw from his rich background in educational training to outline the core elements of a successful workshop. Tuesday November 2 12:30-2:00 p.m.:   TE 496 Graduate Seminarat Tatterson House.  Dr. Thomas Wrenn, of the Envision Development Group, Inc., a division of the Continuous Learning Group (CLG), will speak on "The Changing Technology Needs of Consulting Organizations"  His talk will focus on how, in recent years, the demand for computer, Web, and network based technologies providing organizational training is growing among Fortune 500 corporate clients.  CLG is very active in the area of corporate training and its reliance on leading edge technologies. Tuesday November 16 12:30-2:00 p.m.:   TE 496 Graduate Seminar at Room 127C, NRCCE Bldg., Evansdale campus.   Dr. Shahab Mohaghegh, Associate Professor, Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering, will speak on "Virtual Classroom: An Internet-Based Course Development and Delivery Toolbox." Virtual Classroom is a sophisticated, three-tier electronic course development and delivery environment that allows faculty members to develop interactive web-based courses over the Internet. Using this tool requires no specific software skills beyond using a web browser. This is a feature-rich toolbox that allows online test generation and grading (with partial credits and comments to students) and many other innovative tools. See http://vclass.pe.wvu.edu/ Tuesday November 30 12:30-2:00 p.m.:  TE 496 Graduate Seminar in Room 701-A, Allen Hall.  Dr. Michael Yura, Director of the WVU Forensic Identification Program (a new interdisciplinary program), will speak on "Technology and Law Enforcement."  His talk will focus on a variety of technological applications currently being used in the field of forensics, including AFIS (Automated Fingerprint ID Systems), Facial Recognition, and other biometric technologies. Friday December 10 6:30 p.m.: Cash Bar; 7:30 p.m.: Dinner  Technology Education Holiday Dinner Party. Second Floor Room, Ali Baba Restaurant, High Street, Morgantown. Cost: $7 per person. More details to follow. Preview our Spring Semester events. If you have questions about any event, please call David Roth at 293-4696 or e-mail us. This Page was Last Modified: 08 November 1999, 21:00 ET This page is designed by A. David Roth for the WVU Professional Association for Technological Studies Page Copyright © 1999, A. David Roth All rights reserved Permission required from the author for the use of any text, object, or image on this Web site This Web Page is best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.7; monitor settings: 800 X 600 pixels, true color 32-bit, small fonts URL=  http://www.wvu.edu/~proftst/fall99.htm