How did the UT educator use technology?
Whether teaching in the Peace Corps or pulling together a series of virtual college campuses in cyberspace as a faculty development specialist at the University of Texas, Leslie Jarmon was all about people and communicating with them. “First and foremost, she was always interested in community,” said Claudia Snowden-Rawley, a colleague and friend. “That’s what she strived to do throughout her life. She was a firm believer that the human spirit can accomplish lots of things, and when you get a lot of people together, you can accomplish even more. One couldn’t help being positive around her.” Jarmon, 57, died Nov. 24 of cancer. Relatives, friends and students gathered at Mercury Hall in South Austin last week to celebrate her life. Jarmon was an early adopter and advocate of teaching through innovative uses of emerging technologies, editing several journals and speaking at numerous conferences on the topic. In June, the UT System awarded her a $250,000 grant to bring the system’s 15 camp
2010 UCET Conference Keynote Speaker Announced! Anne CollierUCET is pleased to announce our 2010 Conference Keynote: Anne Collier! Anne is Editor of NetFamilyNews.org and founder and executive director of its parent organization, Net Family News, Inc., She is a writer and journalist who has worked in the news media since 1980. With SafeKids.com’s Larry Magid, she co-directs Connect-Safely.org, a Web-based interactive forum and information site for teens, parents, educators, and everybody interested in the impact of the social Web on youth and vice versa. Connect-Safely is a project of Net Family News, Inc. Anne and Larry co-authored MySpace Unraveled: A Parent’s Guide to Teen Social Networking (Peachpit Press, 2006). Anne founded the nonprofit Net Family News in 1999 on the premise that information empowers parents at a time when tech literacy has become an important part of par
