Abstract Oswego County Goals 2000 Consortium Mexico, NY 13114  Preservice Teacher Education Project 2000-2001  Abstract   Grant Goals/Objectives                 The Oswego County Goals 2000 Consortium proposes to implement an extensive preservice teacher education model to improve preservice teacher preparation in instructional technology and the New York State Learning Standards.  Building upon the 1999--2000 Goals 2000 Preservice Grant, the overall goals and objectives of the 2000-2001 Preservice Proposal are to: ·         Continue to revise education courses (Curricular Foundations of Education, Elementary and Secondary Math Methods, Elementary Science Methods, ELA Methods, School in Urban Society, Secondary Reading in the Content Area, General Elementary Methods, Elementary Reading Methods, Technology Methods, Graduate Special Education Course On-line, and Special Education Methods) to better prepare preservice teachers to integrate technology in their teaching and to assist students in reaching/exceeding all New York State Standards, in particular ELA, MST, and CDOS; ·         Continue an integrated MST course at Hannibal High School that serves as a model of MST integration for preservice teachers, and continue to provide numerous opportunities for preservice teachers to observe and interact (through well established video-conferencing system, e-mail, websites, on-site visits, etc.) with exemplary classroom teachers and their students as they integrate technology and reach the Standards; ·         Extend the project at Hannibal High School to include an Earth Science course, where a science teacher and a special education teacher collaborate to teach the curriculum (according to NYS Standards) to both regular and special education students using a multimedia approach; ·         Continue to provide numerous opportunities for preservice teachers to experience a variety of technologies in the instruction of their education courses, including the use of videoconferencing; ·         Continue the urban education link between JH56 Corlears Junior High School in Manhattan and Curricular Foundations of Education and Elementary Math Foundations courses using “NetMeeting” videoconferencing technology; and expand to include a librarian, a Spanish teacher, and an urban education and foreign language methods course at JH56, a high needs district; ·         Continue the urban education link between Bellevue Elementary School in Syracuse and a Special Education Methods course using current technologies; additionally, extend the collaboration of our Special Education Program to Sandy Creek Elementary (a high needs school), and add another special educator from our program to the project, who will be mentored by an experienced project participant; ·         Expand support for Oswego County’s two Professional Development Schools and support 12 regular and special education teachers at these two PDS schools; ·         Provide all teams on-going training in technology, technology integration, NYS Standards infusion, and School-to-Work    Connections; ·         Continue and strengthen the mentoring program in which technologically experienced faculty mentor new participants in their efforts to integrate Standards-based, technology-infused activities into their instruction; and ·         Present information concerning this project to colleagues at national and international forums in an effort to share timely information regarding the infusing of new technologies into the curriculum for preservice teachers and K-12 students.