Curriculum & Instruction

Headlines

Alum Sorrel is Best Virtual Teacher in LA  Daily Iberian 
Alumnae Found Dallas Area Educational Non-Profit  The News Connection (Flower Mound TX) 
UL's Samsonov on Using Skype for Absent Students  Education Week 
UL Prof Uses Technology to Motivate Students  District Administration 

UL Gets NSF Grant for Math Teacher Training

Submitted Article on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 08:12

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UL Mathematics a $127,449 grant for "The Louisiana Noyce Teaching Fellows/Master Teaching Fellows Planning Project" for undergraduate education. Dr. Christina Eubanks-Turner, Dr. Peter Sheppard, Dr. Patricia Beaulieu and Dr. Kathleen Lopez will administer the project, aimed at developing the integration and implementation of a teacher preparation program for middle school teachers in Louisiana.

Alum Sonnier's Path from Janitor to Teacher

Louisiana.edu on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 05:33

Joseph Sonnier has worked at Port Barre Elementary since 1981. The older students remember him as Mr. Sonnier, the janitor. Now, he is Mr. Sonnier, the teacher.

Alum Lavergne Wins Top Prize from Texas Institute of Letters

Submitted Article on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 16:15

Dallas — UL alumnus Gary Lavergne’s account of the struggle to desegregate the University of Texas law school, Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall and the Long Road to Justice was the top winner for nonfiction at the Texas Institute of Letters’ (TIL) awards banquet Saturday, April 30, 2011.

Segura is the Honor Graduate for Education

Louisiana.edu on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 17:59

Tiffany Segura of Abbeville, daughter of James and Lula Segura of Lafayette, is the Outstanding Graduate for the College of Education. She’s a middle school education major.

Alumna/Former Governor Blanco Speaks at ULM

Submitted Article on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 22:11

The University of Louisiana at Monroe Diversity Committee today hosted former Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Louisiana’s first female governor, as the featured speaker for Women’s History Month at ULM. She spoke at the ULM Conference Center, located on the seventh floor of the ULM Library.

UL Team Launches Virtual Hydrologic Tool

CILAT on Thu, 09/23/2010 - 12:13

With $150,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation, a UL team has created HydroViz, an educational virtual hydrologic observatory based on the integration of field data, remote sensing observations and computer simulations of hydrologic variables and processes designed to be used in junior/senior/graduate level courses on hydrology, water resources engineering or related subjects.

Washington Post Singles Out UL Teacher Preparation

Submitted Article on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 15:51

Lafayette, LA – Acadiana has known all along that the University of Louisiana at Lafayette takes its job of educating teachers seriously. Now, the nation will know.

Education's Sheppard Named "Emerging Leader"

Submitted Article on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 15:41

Peter Sheppard, Assistant Professor for Curriculum & Instruction in the UL College of Education has been named an Emerging Leader by PDK International, a leading association of education professionals.

Educational Video Games: Doug Williams & Yuxin Ma

CILAT on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 15:48

Educational games are one facet of a multiple threat UL is assembling: computer gaming, film, animation, and 3D/4D supercomputing & visualization. ultoday.com interviews the scholars who head UL's Center for Innovative Learning and Assessment Technology, where many innovative educational games are created.