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Recent Work:

Awards/Honors

• University of Kansas, School of Education, Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education (2006-2007)
• University of Kansas, Department of Special Education, Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award for Service (2005)

Journal Articles

• DalBello, A. Knowlton, H. E., & Chaffin, J. (2007). Interactive videoconferencing as a medium for special education: Knowledge acquisition in preservice teacher education.  Intervention in School & Clinic, 43(1), 38-46.

Websites

• Advanced Learning Technologies, (ALTEC). http://www.altec.org
  ALTEC, the Advanced Learning Technologies in Education, creates resources, supports collaboration and resource sharing, and fosters alliances that help educators discover and use the possibilities of the Internet for both their students and for themselves.

Current Grants/Projects

• Chaffin, J., & Ault, M. (2003-2008). PI*TEC - The Private and Independent Technology in Education Consortium. U.S. Department of Education. $4,200,000.
  PI*TEC serves nearly 100,000 students and 8,000 teachers in Missouri's 500 nonpublic schools, providing a comprehensive breadth and depth of educational technology services. PI*TEC provides services designed to assist every student in becoming technologically literate by the end of eighth grade and to encourage the effective integration of technology resources and systems with professional development and curriculum development to promote research-based instructional methods that can be widely replicated.