By Lauren Huffman
(November 16, 2009) Students using and integrating Technology in Education (STE) popular Assistive Technology Industry Association Meeting held recently in Chicago. Fifteen members were present for a reception held in their honor the Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center. David Dikter, Executive Director of the ATIA and Caroline Van Howe, Director of programs for ATIA, recognized the potential that they see in the SUITE and praised for their commitment to technological innovation in the field of education and the community.
"When they recognized that we had this group of students, their thinking was that students are the future of both their organization, and education in General, because these are future experts — people who have an interest in technology," said faculty sponsor SUITE, Dr. Phil Parette.
Participation of the SUITE during the meeting was a great way to get visibility with over 150 national technology providers present in the Hall show that day.
ATIA was informed of the SUITE through their involvement with the Centre of the capital. ATIA and seat collaborate on an academic journal, Assistive Technology outcomes and benefits.
In fact, is due to the Centre of the seat that had formed the new organization of the SUITE. Dr. Parette and his colleague, Brian Clark, Coordinator of the Center SEAT, realized the impact that the Centre of the capital was having on students and their involvement with technology at the University. With the size of student enrolment in the courses of assistive technology at Illinois State, they wondered why a student organisation providing technological resources for students to learn more about the applications of the available technology did not yet exist.
"We know that there is a group of students-all campuses that have grown into a world full of technology, who have an interest in technology," said Parette. "Thus, all those things, we decided, well let's see if we can get a group together who would be interested to promote their understanding of the applications of technology, able to show what they know about devices technology."
A group of students of Dr. Parette, being passionate users of the technology themselves, immediately stepped forward to form the Executive Committee of the organization. They took the concept and put together a Constitution and by law. They have already had several meetings.
The leader of the SUITE, Amanda Sedlock, works with four fellow student on an Executive Committee and looks forward to the challenges of starting a new organization. Sedlock, a special education senior lyconus, is working to establish the Organization through a series of meetings and events, in the hope of gaining more participants in the organization. Their first social event is a treasure hunt, where they will use geocaching, a hi-tech treasure hunting game played around the world with the technology of GPS navigation.
Sedlock also hopes to integrate some new applications of technology to the ISU campus through meetings SUITE. "I know that there is a lot of technology out there that needs to be addressed during meetings," he says. "We are looking at working with the Smart Board and communications systems. I should also like to bring many of the technologies, the Conference of the ISU. "
This semester, the College of Education has accepted students using and integrating technology in education (SUITE) to its roster of registered student organizations. SUITE focuses on current and emerging applications of technology in education. The organization provides learning opportunities for students and supports the use of contemporary technologies within the community of ISU campus. Students of all majors and faculty are invited to participate.
To learn more about SUITE, visit the Facebook page.
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