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Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Ritter Annex 9th Floor
Temple University - CRHDE
Philadelphia, PA 19122
800-892-5550
215-204-5130 (fax)
General Inquires:
Laurence Peters
Judith Stull
Technical Assistance:
Barry Mansfield
Professional Development:
Joan Pasternak
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Temple University Center for Research
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To improve their own capability, to increase their reach into the community, and to establish a community of practice and learning, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium (MAR*TEC) partners conceptualized a vision of a virtual learning community such as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). This type of support would allow the partners to more readily bring technology into instruction. This vision is "webcentric" in that it uses the Web as the predominate vehicle for delivering a mutually supportive community of learners made up of various “neighborhoods.” These neighborhoods would be established based on what people in the community want to know and be able to do. It is a community because it is committed to bringing together all stakeholders interested in taking a leap forward into a technological future. It
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To improve their own capability, to increase their reach into the community, and to establish a community of practice and learning, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium (MAR*TEC) partners conceptualized a vision of a virtual learning community such as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). This type of support would allow the partners to more readily bring technology into instruction. This vision is "webcentric" in that it uses the Web as the predominate vehicle for delivering a mutually supportive community of learners made up of various “neighborhoods.” These neighborhoods would be established based on what people in the community want to know and be able to do. It is a community because it is committed to bringing together all stakeholders interested in taking a leap forward into a technological future. It addresses the questions that all communities must now address: Will our community be enriched or diminished because of its technology? Will the Web bring us together as a mutually supportive “learning community,” or will it further isolate us from one another? The answers to these questions are critical to the survival of places like Appalachia where divisions of socioeconomic class and a pervasive history of poverty make it difficult for people to imagine that all of us can be part of a community regardless of how we dress, speak, and act.
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