Opened Practices Users Working in: School of Education

I received my B.S. in Forest Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2000 and am currently pursuing a masters in Information Management in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. Following 6 years of service in the U.S. Navy as an electronic equipment maintenance technician and reactor plant operator on a nuclear submarine and 2 years of experience as a computer support technician, I joined the Living SchoolBook as a Science Field Coordinator.

At the LSB I am the primary technical support coordinator for all Living SchoolBook projects and activities. I am responsible for the School of Education's instance of Sakai and OSP. I also have responsibility for the maintenance and accountability of many of the school's technical resources and serve as Instructional Technology Analyst and Project Manager in support of faculty, teachers, and students.

My current interests include:

• The implementation and development of learning management and portfolio systems which provide tools that encourage differentiated instruction and deepen the relationship between teachers and students.
• The IT role in Higher Ed and K12 systems.

Willard Hall Education Building
University of Delaware

Fred T. Hofstetter is Professor of Education at the University of Delaware. A specialist in multimedia, he developed the PODIUM multimedia application generator, the GUIDO Ear-Training Lessons, and the Serf Web-based teaching and learning environment. Dr. Hofstetter currently authors four IT textbooks for McGraw-Hill, including Internet Wikipedia: Literacy

">Literacy, Multimedia Literacy, Advanced Web Design, and Internet Technologies at Work. Dr. Hofstetter has received many grants and awards and does consulting work for computer firms. He has published widely and has given lectures and workshops on multimedia and Internetworking in many locations in Europe, Africa, Australia, Canada, the United States, and the Pacific Rim. Professor Hofstetter is the winner of a gold CINDY award for his work in multimedia. His Internet Literacy course won the NUCEA credit program of excellence award. He also received the Best Faculty award in the School of Education, in which he coordinates the ed tech master’s and doctoral programs.