FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK Announcing...
By Steve Schiller
Several years ago MACUL embarked on a new journey of Strategic Planning. Looking back recently, I was amazed at all of the projects that have become a reality due to that planning. There are many members of the MACUL leader- ship, both past and present, who worked extremely hard on this, and we owe all of them a great debt of gratitude.
Strengthening our partnerships with other State and National organizations had long been a goal, and our new part- nership with the Regional Education Media Center Association of Michigan (REMCAM) will solidify one of our primary goals, which is to provide quality professional development to our members. This new partnership is already paying off as this fall MACUL and REMCAM jointly announced the hiring of Sheila L. Dunham as the new Professional Development Coordinator for both organizations. Sheila came to the MACUL and REMCAM’s joint position with experience in developing educator training programs for Ingham Intermediate School District and
FROM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR BY RIC WILTSE
MACUL Announces Free Special Interest Group Membership
At their annual Leadership Retreat, the MACUL Board approved free membership for all Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The offer is available to all MACUL members. Members can join between one and all ten SIGs at no charge.
The ten Special Interest Groups are:
Central Michigan University. As can be seen in the comments below, her hiring promises to bring both organizations to a new level.
“We are thrilled to partner with the REMC Association of Michigan to bring Sheila to our staff in this new capacity. Sheila’s extensive background in design- ing and implementing professional development experiences will enable her to expand our catalog of workshops and conferences to better train Michigan educators for technology readiness,” said MACUL Executive Director Ric Wiltse.
“We are very fortunate to have Sheila as our new shared Professional Development Coordinator. Sheila’s accomplishments are exceptional. She has what it takes to help us achieve our priority of increasing statewide educational technology professional development statewide to improve student achievement. She is a great addition to our team,” said REMCAM Executive Director Sue Schwartz.
All of this promises improved professional development and service for our members. Welcome Sheila!
Steve Schiller has been an educator since 1976 and is currently working for Muskegon Heights Public Schools. He has been a MACUL member since the mid 1980’s and is the 2012- 2013 MACUL President.
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SIGCS - Computer Science SIGEE - Elementary Education SIGMS - Media Specialists SIGMM - Multimedia SIGOL - Online Learning SIGPL - Professional Learning SIGSPED - Special Education SIGTC- Technology Coordinators SIGTECH - Technicians SIGWEB - Webmasters
The SIGs are a great way to connect to edu- cators with similar interests. In addition to workshops and membership meetings offered during the annual MACUL conference, SIGs also hold smaller events during the year. SIG members also have the option of subscribing to SIG Google Groups to keep current with upcoming activities and to form personal learn- ing communities.
Sign up for the SIGs at
www.macul.org. New MACUL Logo
You may have noticed that the MACUL logo has been updated. After using the former logo since the 1970’s, MACUL has been in search of a more modern logo for over a year.
The old logo included an icon of a computer, with some saying it was strategically positioned over Oakland County, home of early organiza- tion founders.
The new logo reinforces the mission of MACUL; education technology is more than just computers, it is our opportunity to ignite learn- ing through meaningful col- laboration!
Over the next
several months you’ll be seeing the transition to the new logo. We hope you like it!
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