NY6 ITAP Interns Announced

Jackson Ang’ong’a
ITS ITAP Intern 2013

The 2013-2014  Instructional Technology Apprenticeship Program (ITAP) participants were announced by the New York 6 consortium on July 11, 2013. Colgate’s ITAP intern this year is Jackson Ang’ong’a ’15.

WHAT IS ITAP?

Under the umbrella of the New York 6 Consortium, the Educational Technology Group has put together the ITAP program to give students practical, hands-on, educational technology experiences in an IT environment. The ITAP program is designed for students who are interested in coupling their liberal arts degree with paraprofessional experiences in the field of instructional technology. ITAP is anchored in the following five goals:

• To implement an apprenticeship model within an educational technology / IT services organization at a NY6 institution.

• To offer practical, skill-based experiences in educational and information technology.

• To teach foundational knowledge regarding the integration of technology with teaching and learning.

• To assist students in communicating their transferable skills, grounded in a liberal arts tradition, as they enter the marketplace.

• To provide a credible portfolio and references endorsed by the New York 6 Liberal Arts Consortium.

Jackson Ang’ong’a is a physics major also interested in computer science. He has worked as a data analyst for Adept Technologies, where he first developed his interest in technology, and has also worked with ITS as a Media Services assistant, and with the Colgate Libraries as a Desk Assistant. Jackson participated in Colgate’s Thought Into Action (TIA) student entrepreneur program last fall, which lead to an interest in web development in general and Moodle in particular. He has worked with faculty, staff, and ITS in developing improved support for Moodle for professors and students. Academically Jackson is interested in computational methods for problem solving; this summer he is a research student working with Prof Crotty on the dynamics of the Josephson Junction Neuron. Jackson is a also member of the ballroom dance club and likes to play soccer.

Jackson will be a part of the Academic Technology team at Colgate  for the 2013-14 academic year, attending bi-monthly ACAD meetings and using office space located in our 4th floor IT suite.  You may also see Jackson at our weekly ITS Tuesday morning meetings as his time permits.

This is the second year of the ITAP collaboration but Colgate’s first full year of participation (last year’s student participation was abbreviated due to unforeseen issues).