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TechFirst! PlanetEarth Learning
Community
A Unique
Opportunity for First-Year Students at SUNY Cortland |
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- TechFirst! fosters a community
of adventurous students who share an interest in technology
and an excitment for learning.
- TechFirst! involves an integrated
set of introductory courses designed to enhance each student's
ability - at the beginning of his/her career - to use technology
for analysis, presentation, and communication of information.
- TechFirst! is taught by committed
teacher-scholars who value the opportunity to be both compassionate
teachers and active researchers in their fields.
- TechFirst! provides greater
and earlier opportunities for students to take part in technology-based
internships and joint student-faculty research projects.
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TechFirst!
is not a major, but represents a way to jumpstart development
of technology-based skills. All courses count as electives for
any major, and GRY 125 counts towards the College's General
Education requirement. The program is taught by some of SUNY
Cortland's most outstanding faculty.
TechFirst! students enroll as a
group in a special block of integrated courses that promote
technology-based skills in the analysis,
presentation, and communication
of information.
These courses include:
Analysis & Presentation: CAP
100: The Digital Toolbox (3
cr. hr.)
Communication: COM
340: Small Group Communication (3
cr. hr.)
Information:
Other: COR
101: The Freshman Experience: A First Year Seminar (1
cr. hr.)
In addition, students
will also enroll in an appropriate elective for a total of 16-17
credits.
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| What do TechFirst!
students do? |
TechFirst!
students recognize that technology involves more than
just fancy hardware; it represents tools by which knowledge
can be analyzed, presented, and communicated.
TechFirst! students understand
that the college graduate of the 21st century must be: |
- skillful in a wide range of computer applications,
- knowledgeable about global, regional, and local
conditions,
- capable of analyzing information about these conditions,
- competent to demonstrate analyses using various
presentation methods, and
- articulate in communicating through verbal and written
expression.
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TechFirst!
coursework involves assignments coordinated across courses.
For example, students in the program will:
- analyze information about global issues learned
in Human Geography;
- apply skills developed in Digital Toolbox to download
data from the Internet, construct databases, and produce
maps for presentations;
- import these graphic images into PowerPoint presentations
for use in the Small Group Communication course; and
- use language and composition skills honed in special
Computer Lab sections of Academic Writing.
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| Who are the TechFirst!
Faculty? |
TechFirst!
instructors are inspiring, accessible, and supportive.
They include a SUNY Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching
Professor, recipients of two SUNY Chancellor's Excellence
in Teaching Awards, the Brooks Dedicated Teacher Award,
and the NACADA National Academic Advising Award.
TechFirst!
is taught by committed teacher-scholars who value the
opportunity to be both compassionate teachers and active
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Assistant
Professor |
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Scott
W. Anderson
Curriculum
Vitae [*.doc] |
Contact
Information:
Office: 221-E
Old Main
Phone: (607)
753-5547
E-Mail: andersons@cortland.edu
Mail:
Prof. Scott Anderson
Department of Geography
SUNY Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
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Professor |
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Ibipo
Johnston-Anumonwo
Curriculum
Vitae [*.doc] |
Contact
Information:
Office: 221-B
Old Main
Phone: (607)
753-2993
E-Mail: johnstoni@cortland.edu
Mail:
Prof. Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo
Department of Geography
SUNY Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
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Associate
Professor |
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Kathleen
A. Lawrence
Faculty
Bio |
Contact
Information:
Office: 229
Dowd Fine Arts Center
Phone: (607)
753-4113
E-Mail: lawrencek@cortland.edu
Mail:
Prof. Kathleen Lawrence
Department of Communication Studies
SUNY Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
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Distinguished
Teaching Professor |
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David
L. Miller
Geography
Department Chair
Distinguished
Teaching Prof., 2004
SUNY
Chancellor's Award, 1998
Curriculum
Vitae [*.doc] |
Contact
Information:
Office: 231-A
Old Main
Phone: (607)
753-2996
E-Mail: millerd@cortland.edu
Mail:
Prof. David Miller
Department of Geography
SUNY Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
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| TechFirst!
Contact Information |
| Twenty-two (22)
first-year students are admitted to the TechFirst!
PlanetEarth program each fall. Those interested should contact
either the Geography or Communication Studies departments at
the addresses and phone numbers indicated below: |
Department
of Geography
Old
Main, Room 138
SUNY Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
Chair: David
L. Miller
Secretary: Naomi
Benjamin
Phone: (607)
753-4107
FAX: (607)
753-5979
TechFirst!
Email
Department
Website |
Department
of Communication Studies
Dowd
Fine Arts Center, Room 224
SUNY Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
Chair: David
C. Hollenback
Secretary: Deborah
Williams
Phone: (607)
753-4201
FAX: None
TechFirst!
Email
Department
Website |
Students who have
any other questions or concerns should please contact:
Advisement and
First-Year Programs
Brockway Hall, Room 116
SUNY Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
Director: Carol
Van der Karr
Assistant Director: Meg
Nowak
Phone: (607)
753-4726
FAX: (607)
753-5593
Web: http://www.cortland.edu/advisement
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