elcome to the Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE), a research and outreach center of the College of Education at the University of Oregon, dedicated to investigating, promoting and sharing information about the use of advanced technology in education. CATE is committed to transforming teaching and learning through the use of computing and communication technologies.

Lynne Anderson-Inman, Ph.D., Director
CATE Affiliated Units:
ON CAMPUS

Center for Electronic Studying (CES): A research and development group in the University of Oregon College of Education investigating innovative applications of technology for middle school, secondary, and post-secondary students, their teachers and their schools. Current projects include:

Current Projects of CES

CBSS for Handhelds

The Computer-Based Study Strategies (CBSS) for Handhelds Project presents strategies and materials for assisting middle and high school students with disabilities to use handheld computers as assistive devices for studying. The project builds on more than ten years of comparable computer-based success that aids students with a variety of disabilities to learn how computer technology can support academic tasks that require reading, writing, and studying, as well as inquiry-based learning and critical thinking.

A wiki has been developed for the Computer-Based Study Strategies (CBSS) Handhelds Project. It carries the complete set of information and products generated to date -- including the CBSS Handhelds 'one pagers' and the 'easy lessons.' All are compatible with the Palm operating system.
CBSS Online
Computer-Based Study Strategies are some very powerful ways of using the computer to complete everyday school tasks such as reading, writing, taking notes, studying for tests and learning by representing concepts "visually." CBSS Online is a three-year research project investigating the impact of an online course in CBSS designed specifically for high school students with learning disabilities.
NCSeT
The National Center for the Study of Supported Electronic Text is conducting a systematic program of research over five years to investigate the effectiveness of nine types of e-text support for five disabled populations through a rigorous program of experimental research.
Oregon Writing Project
The Oregon Writing Project is an annual summer institute for experienced teachers of all subject areas and grade levels to share new strategies, develop their writing skills, and become familiar with technology resources for teaching writing and thinking.
Themes in American History Project

Themes in American History: Promoting Authentic Inquiry into Our Common Heritage is a professional development program in collaboration with the Douglas County ESD in Roseburg, Oregon. Instructional strategies embedded in project activities will serve as models in which teachers don't just learn about history, but actually learn to do history. The project will also model strategies for using technology to gather and synthesize historical information, share insights and work collaboratively with collegues.

Thematic Analysis Through Historical Inquiry
The High Desert ESD in Bend has collaborated to provide professional development for teachers, grades 3-12, in acquiring both knowledge and innovating ideas related to teaching and learning of American History. Similar in structure and content with the earlier project in Roseburg, it is anticipated that these methods, techniques, and outcomes will serve as a model for professional development, and for the study of American history in America's schools.
Project WRITE
Writing Revitalization through Integrated Technology and Enrichment is a project of CES in collaboration with the Oregon Writing Project to provide high quality professional development on technology-supported writing instruction to middle school teachers. Its purpose is to
  1. Increase teacher knowledge and skill related to writing instruction
  2. Increase the integration of writing instruction across the curriculum
  3. Increase the use of technology to support the teaching and learning of writing
  4. Increase the sense of community and collective participation in the school’s writing program
  5. Improve student performance related to Oregon’s state standards in writing (Grades 6-8.)

Recent Projects of CES

Project ACCESS

Accessing the Curriculum via Computer-Enhanced Study Strategies
A three-year, four-school project designed to develop and implement a model for promoting whole-school, systemic adoption of computer-based study strategies (CBSS) as a means of providing access to the general curriculum for students with disabilities.

   
CBCN Project
Computer-Based Collaborative Notetaking Model Demonstration Project. Collaborates with deaf or hard-of-hearing postsecondary students to provide in-class networked notetaking and study strategies; and trains community college Disability Services offices to use this technology for inclusion in services they arrange for students.
CBSS Project
Computer-Based Study Strategies Outreach Project: Training teachers and students strategies to use computers effectively while studying for content area classes.
Project EXCEL

EXcellence through Computer Enhanced Learning
A four-year model demonstration project designed to develop, implement, and evaluate a technology-based model for enhancing the success of an ethnically and academically diverse student body in two low-income, urban secondary schools.
Project
INTERSECT
INternet Texts with Electronic Resources, Supportive Enhancements and Comprehension Tools. A project creating a library of digital texts specially enhanced to improve the literacy, reading comprehension, and achievement of at-risk readers.
Project
InTIME
Provides wirelessly networked notetaking support for Migrant/ESL Students in grade level Classes.
Web de Anza
Promotes historical research by providing students and scholars with digitized primary source documents supported with multimedia resources covering three 18th century Spanish expeditions to explore and settle California. Two were led by Juan Bautista de Anza overland from the Sonoran desert to northern California, leading to the colonization of San Francisco in 1776. The third was led in 1769-1770 by Gaspar de Portola.
Web de Anza Trail Maps
Uses GIS data to create interactive shaded relief maps of the Juan Bautista de Anza 1776 expedition trail from the Sonoran desert to northern California.
National Career Information System (CIS): Designs and supports career information systems nation-wide.
Oregon Career Information System (CIS): Designs and supports career information systems for Oregon.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management: Operates a national clearinghouse for educational policy and management.
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): Promotes teachers helping teachers use technology in the classroom and sponsors the National Educational Computing Conference.
Media Literacy Online: Provides a support service for teachers, and others, concerned with the influence of media in the lives of children and youth.
Oregon Writing Project: Holds an annual workshop on the University of Oregon campus, to help experienced teachers become familiar with computer resources for teaching writing and thinking in all subject areas and grade levels.
Project WRITE: Provides high quality professional development on technology-supported writing instruction to middle school teachers. The University of Oregon’s Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE) and the Oregon Writing Project are collaborating in this one-year professional development program funded as a University/School Partnership under NCLB funds (Title II, Part A).
Responsible Netizen Institute: Provides resources for administrators, teachers, parents and students related to legal and ethical use of information technologies.
OFF CAMPUS
Applied Computer Simulation Lab, of the Oregon Research Institute, creates three-dimensional scenarios to be implemented in science classrooms containing one or more students with severe orthopedic impairments.
CoolSchool (formerly CyberSchool): Makes it possible for schools to offer students a broader, more flexible curriculum through a collection of high school credit courses that are taught entirely over the Internet to students around the world.
The Oregon Public Education Network (OPEN): In partnership with the Oregon Association of Education Service Districts, is bringing exciting WEB-based teaching and learning resources to Oregon Educators.
WISTEC Cybersisters Mentor Program: Provides a collaborative mentoring program bringing teachers, college mentors, middle school girls and gender equity leaders together to increase middle school girls' interests in science, math and technology, to increase the number of women role models, and to build an innovative community support system for gender equity in local K-12 education.

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