This is
a new format for this class and so it will develop as the term proceeds.
Along with changes in format a topic like Computers in Education will
reflect the rapdi changes in technology, society and education meaning
that what was taught last term may be out of date and what we teach
and learn next week may not yet be on the market.
With that in mind, please be
patient with me as I work with other faculty as we collaboratively
determine a best course of study. I will update this website and email
you information as it develops. Meanwhile, you can learn a little
about me (it will save time in class so that I don't have to blab
about myself). Also you can follow the adventures of my wife and me
in China this past fall by viewing our homemade blog at www.saxowsky.com/chinablog.
About your Instructor: Denvy Saxowsky
I
was born and educated in North Dakota, and spent most of my life in
Alaska raising a family where I worked with computers during their
advent in the 60's. Later I made wooden toys in bush Alaska. While
I left my heart in Alaska, I did spend three years at my Alma Mater,
Jamestown College as director of student activities before coming
to Oregon in '95.
In Oregon I and my wife built
our dream home in the foothills of the coastal range. In '99 I earned
my MS Ed-IT at WOU while teaching mathematics at Chemeketa Community
College and working as window/door salesman and house designer in
Dallas. In 2000 I started teaching information technology in the College
of Education with a periodic course of mathematics at Chemeketa or
here at Western.
My three children are scattered
from the North Slope of Alaska where Darron works as a surveyor, to
North Dakota where Rebecca and her husband have two young daughters,
and down south to Atlanta, where Marc, who works as a network analyst
for the company the handles your airline reservations, and Tina, his
wife, who does biochemical research at Emory University, have a toddler
son.
As a pastime, my wife and I
have lead four work groups to MIssissippi in 2005-06. Prior to that
we had lead work groups to Ukraine, Mexico, Alaska and locally since
'96. We have traveled to parts of Europe from time to time and in
'81 drove through 43 states with our young family. Recently I traveled
to China as an ambassor
of Western Oregon University.
About this course: ED421 Integrating Technology
The topic
"Integrating Technology" changes from day to day and ideas
about how technology and education connect are as varied as the number
of persons in the discussion. Regardless where opinions lie, technology
is affecting education today. Our job is to understand how it is connected
education and how we can affect that connection.
To do that we will discuss the connection
between education and technology and learn skills that we might use
and properly assess the technology in the classroom and on the Web.
While I have worked with computers most of my life and still spend
a great deal of time using a computer, my passions are the outdoors
and woodworking. A computer is a tool as is a pencil or a hammer;
we must master it and should be aware of how we can best use it.
Office hours: Tuesday mornings: 9:00 - noon
Thursday mornigns: 9:00 - noon
Other times aby appointment
Also contact me through email at saxowsd@wou.edu
or denvygail@saxowsky.com
I
was born and educated in North Dakota, and spent most of my life in
Alaska raising a family where I worked with computers during their
advent in the 60's. Later I made wooden toys in bush Alaska. While
I left my heart in Alaska, I did spend three years at my Alma Mater,
Jamestown College as director of student activities before coming
to Oregon in '95.