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Experts Needed
Gary Goodman (sap@TANK.RGS.UKY.EDU)
Tue, 27 Aug 1996 23:17:48 EDT
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Judi Harris <jbharris@tapr.org> Subject: Subject Matter Experts Needed!
To: 3ZLUFUR@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 20:14:58 -0500 (CDT)
- - - - - - - - WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW WITH K-12 STUDENTS
AND TEACHERS BY ELECTRONIC MAIL?
Recent estimates indicate that 50% of all primary, middle, and secondary
schools in the U.S. have access to the Internet, that proportion having
increased by 15% in just one year9s time. This makes a very special kind of
learning available to many K-12 students and teachers: one which directly
involves subject matter experts communicating about their specialties, via
electronic mail.
Since early 1993 and with support from the Texas Center for Educational
Technology and the JC Penney Foundation, we (at the University of Texas at
Austin) have been offering a free Internet-based service (the "Electronic
Emissary") that brings together K-12 students, their teachers, and subject
matter experts (3SMEs2) electronically, helping all to create telecomputing
exchanges centered around the students' active learning in the SMEs'
disciplines.
Increasing numbers of SMEs or SME groups are needed to correspond regularly
(approximately 4 times per week) with primary, middle school, or secondary
students and their teachers (1SME or expert group per class, study group, or
individual student). Each electronic exchange begins with project planning via
electronic mail between the SMEs and the teachers. Communications with students
begin on mutually convenient dates, and continue for previously-arranged
periods of time, usually lasting between 4 and 16 weeks. An "online
facilitator" (one of the Emissary9s staff) monitors the communication and is
available throughout the exchange to assist with project organization,
effective communication strategies, and technical help, as needed.
Subject matter expert volunteers are sought in *all* academic disciplines and
areas of practical expertise. *Please note* that we have particular needs for
experts with specialties METEOROLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, and TEXAS HISTORY.
Communications with classes will occur from now through mid-December, then
again beginning in late January and ending in mid-May to mid-June.
==> If you would like to find out more about participating in this
==> project, please explore our Web pages at:
==> http://www.tapr.org/emissary/
==> ...and complete an online SME information form
==> if you would like to volunteer.
Judi Harris Electronic Emissary Project Director University of Texas at Austin
jbharris@tenet.edu
Greg Jones Electronic Emissary System Developer University of Texas at Austin &
Texas Center for Educational Technology gjones@tenet.edu
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forwarded Gary D. Goodman
sap@TANK.RGS.UKY.EDU
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