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Good Friday

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Ensuring our pre-service teachers receive the best training has always been a priority at the School of Education. That's why we're happy to report that we've teamed up with the University of Central Florida to help our student teachers receive a dynamic training opportunity.

Dr. David Rock

Using TeachLive, our juniors can now give practice lessons to digital avatars designed to behave like real middle school children and learn valuable lessons before beginning student teaching. We're excited to lead the state in this new training method.

Sincerely,
Dr. David Rock

Dean of the School of Education

UM Uses Student Avatars in Teacher Training

Niemeyer Named Director of UM Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program

UM educational leadership professor Ryan Niemeyer has been selected to lead the Ole Miss chapter of the Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program, a joint venture with Mississippi State University to award full scholarships to top-performing students who want to become teachers. Read More...

CMSE Hosts Robotics Competition

More than 20 robots and their student designers visited the University of Mississippi on Saturday, March 2 during the inaugural FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Tournament hosted by the UM Center for Mathematics and Science Education.

The tournament pitted student teams from across Mississippi against one other in a game called Ring It Up! During the game, students piloted their robots to pick up rings from dispensers and place them in a grid to score points. All robots were designed within set dimensions and used a Lego Mindstorm NXT robot "brain" to maneuver the device. The tournament shows a dramatic increase in awareness for the program across the state. The number of registered Mississippi teams has risen from four to 23 in just one year. "This whole competition starts as an afterschool program for students," said Mannie Lowe, the center's program manager and coordinator of the event. "When each team began in September, they started from square one. They got to imagine their robot and see it come together and now see how it performs against others."

Two Mississippi teams, the Techno Warriors Advanced from Brandon and the Team Purple Thunder from Mt. Olive, will move on to compete in the FTC World Championship in St. Louis on April 24 against 126 teams from around the world.

Introducing UM Education Ambassadors

The UM School of Education has launched a new student-led ambassador program to enhance its outreach and recruitment efforts. The five students were chosen by a committee of education faculty and staff members after being nominated by their professors. In their new role, the ambassadors will reach out to incoming education majors, assist in school events and engage in after school tutoring at local after school programs. New ambassadors will be selected each semester.

Back row: Cameryn Miller from Little Rock, Ark. (left), Katherine Johnson from Birmingham, Ala. (middle) and Shannon Green from Madison, Miss. (right).

Front row: Erika Watson from Meridian, Miss. (left) and Blake Schrouf from Madison, Miss. (right).

Student of the Month: Amy Davis

When UM senior Amy Davis declared her major as education in 2011, the mother of three set two high goals for herself: to become a skilled instructor and to win an Ole Miss Taylor Medal, the highest academic honor given by the university. Today, both wishes have come true for the Tupelo native. "I didn't really expect to get it," Davis said. "For me, it was enough to just be honored. I remember when I began classes at Ole Miss and I read about the Taylor Medal. I thought to myself, ‘that could be me. I'm want to win one of those.’" Read More...