Michael Hoadley is pleased that the faculty members have been working hard to implement new technology on and off campus.

Hoadley, the assistant vice president for academic affairs for technology, said that faculty members will be awarded for their usage of technology in the classroom.

Faculty will receive their awards today at the Sixth Annual Technology Day Luncheon and Awards Ceremony.

“The campus-wide nominations are for ‘Excellence in the Use of Technology’ in teaching, research, or service,” said Hoadley. “The award ceremony is intended to showcase the accomplishments of faculty and staff who have effectively used technology to enhance teaching and learning at EIU.”

The fair will have vendors showcasing their technology for students to see, while the luncheon will recognize teachers who have applied and created new technology in and out of the classroom for the use of students and staff.

Among faculty members who are getting awarded is Julie Chadd, associate professor in the school of technology.

She developed a course called Work-Based Learning, which helps students who are interested in teaching skills they would use in the workplace.

Chadd has also helped obtain grants for research that help put instructional technology into classes.

“(The programs and grants will help the students) be able to keep up with technology that students are going to be using when they’re teaching,” Chadd said.

Rebecca Cook, professor in the department of special education, will also be recognized for her work in the field of research.

Cook had a hand in creating the Regional Beginning Teacher Induction Program, which is state-approved for first and second year teachers. It is a transitional program, created to help student teachers get into the workforce.

The program allows the transitioning students to submit the activities they have completed through the program, and the coordinators to give them personal feedback on what they need to work on and what else they need to do to complete the program.

“They get personal feedback and they are responsible for figuring out what they need to do to meet the requirements of the program,” said Cook.

English Professor John Kilgore will be recognized for making the quarterly journal for the English department, the Agora, available online since December 2001.

“It seemed worth sharing outside the department,” Kilgore said.

He also said that the online version of the journal helps build an improved archive and it makes published works more accessible.

Melissa Sturtevant can be reached at 581-7942 or at mnsturtevant@eiu.edu..