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Spreading the Ed Tech Message

What began as a job at a community college 23 years ago grew into a love of teaching and a profession that has taken ISTE member Joseph Codde to the Middle East and North Africa.

Codde, a professor at Michigan State University, has worked in Algeria, Lebanon, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

“What I like best about my current job is that I now have the opportunity to affect change on a large scale by working internationally,” Codde said.

When he started at MSU 12 years ago, Codde was tasked with developing, managing, and teaching in a new graduate educational technology certificate program for inservice

teachers across Michigan, he said.

“At that time we had approximately 60 students who had completed the program, and I’m proud today to say that over 2,000 teachers have enrolled in our program from across the state,” Codde said.

He is now working with the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon, to help create a similar program there. In addition, MSU is now o ering an educational technology certi cate and master’s program through its new campus in Dubai.

“Internationally, my greatest challenge is in helping establish programs that aid teachers in both learning how to use technology and better understand the pedagogical issues

of teaching and learning
with technology.”
Codde, a member
of ISTE’s International
Committee and a new
ISTE Ambassador, travels
frequently and spreads
the word about educa-
tional technology every
chance he gets.

“Every country I travel to I ask key educators about their understanding of ISTE and their interest in ISTE membership and services. e new ISTE Ambassadors program will provide ambassadors with the tools necessary to promote membership and create new a liate organizations. It’s clearly an exciting time to be working internationally for ISTE.”

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New U.K. Affiliate Promotes Ed Tech in Impoverished South Africa

The National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education (Naace) is a professional association that is based in Nottingham, England, dedicated to advancing education through the appropriate use of information and communications technology (ICT). Like similar and events. Naace has donated books, ISTE A liates around the globe, Naace learning resources, computer facilities, advocates for ed tech; o ers its 2,000 and support for the schools. members resources, periodicals, and In the past year Naace has helped networking opportunities; and pro- the Meetse A Bophelo School build a motes technology in the classroom. library to replace one made from tin.

Naace has been involved in phil- Now Naace is raising money to ll anthropic e orts as well, including the new shelves with books. providing support to Zakhele Primary Established in 1984, Naace has be-School and Meetse A Bophelo Primary come the key in uential professional School in Mamelodi, South Africa, association for those working in ICT in through money raised at conferences education in Great Britain. In addition,

the ICT Mark, which accredits schools that have embedded technology in all aspects of their work, was developed from a Naace scheme, and Naace provides the quality assurance for it, says Paul Springford, Naace’s professional officer.

Springford said he’s proud of the quality of service that Naace provides members.

“Whether it’s a major conference or a think tank for a select group, we attract high-caliber presenters who are leaders in their eld, while members participating in our events contribute themselves to the quality of the occasion,” Springford said.