Online Education for Native students

[Jan Tucker]

Sarah, thanks for responding and sharing the barriers for Northern California Hoopa Indian Reservation peoples. Your experience as an online learner is a testament to the opportunity of this medium to reach people in Geographically isolated areas. 

I thought I'd responded to you personally, however looking in my special folder, I see your message was marked unread. Excuse the delay in my response. 

I am anxious to get started looking for grand money to have a conference and continue to network with other scholars, educators, educational programs, and whom ever might be able to help create more opportunities.

Jan Tucker
email jtucker at starband.net
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sarah Supahan 
  To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU 
  Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 2:13 PM
  Subject: Re: Online Education for Native students


  Jan,

  I am very interested in this possibility. I live and work in a very rural area of Northern California - on the Hoopa Indian Reservation. The nearest university is over an hour away (further for many) and over a high mountain pass with bad road conditions in the winter. I have personally completed a teaching certification program on-line through CalStateTEACH so I know it can be done. I think such an opportunity could benefit many of our local students.

  Sarah Supahan, Director
  Indian Education Program
  KTJUSD
  P. O. Box 1308
  Hoopa, CA 95546
  530 625-1031


  On Apr 16, 2004, at 10:19 AM, Sue Penfield wrote:


    Subject: Query: American Indian Scholars Contact Info-Online Education


    > Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:31:40 -0400
    > From: "Jan Tucker" <jtucker at starband.net>
    > Subject: Query: American Indian Scholars Contact Info-Online Education
    >
    >
    > Greetings, List readers. I'm trying to compile a list of educators and
    scholars who might be interested in American Indian educational
    opportunities using online education technology. This would include anyone
    who is interested in online education for and by American Indians
    themselves. Any suggestions on where to begin assembling a contact list of
    potentially interested persons. My thinking is to help expand educational
    opportunities for American Indians, and bring together American Indian
    scholars from all over the country and world to teach virtually. I'm looking
    for funding also to have a conference for discussing the possibilities of
    online education to bridge geographic space, and technological divide
    experienced by American Indian learners.
    >
    > Jan Tucker
    > Certified online Educator and Learner
    > Applied Cultural Anthropologist
    > Lake City Community College
    > Distance Learning Program,
    > Saint Leo University
    Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.
    Department of English and
    Indigenous Languages and Technology
    University of Arizona,
    Tucson, AZ 85721

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