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Extended University Reaches Across the State, Nation
Extended University's Burns Technology Center To Add Innovative, High Tech "Academic Lounge" to MSU's EPS Building Atrium 
Imagine a hub where students, faculty, business leaders and campus visitors can interact with the latest educational technologies as well as catch up on what’s happening on campus. Imagine a place where small groups can meet and talk to an expert they chose to stream via the Internet into their conversation. Imagine an interactive media wall where students can communicate from their laptops to information around them; where images, video and the Web fuse to showcase MSU; where with the click of a mouse or the tap of a finger a visitor can operate a laser keyboard, touch screens, parabolic speakers, fiber optic lighting, or a state-of-the-art LED screen.
The Burns Technology Center is housed just off the atrium on the first floor in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Building of Montana State University. The current entrance does not communicate the significance or relevance of technology and learning at MSU or the BTC.
The Center is currently renovating the Hogan Atrium on the MSU campus in Bozeman, Montana to:
- Create a dynamic public hub that proudly displays technology and learning applications
- Communicate the excellence of MSU, its colleges and its programs
- Demonstrate the expertise and capacity of the BTC
- Recognize United States Senator Conrad Burns and his dedication to MSU
- Celebrate donors who have made a commitment to the BTC and MSU
To support this innovative project, click here.
Extended University Grows National Program to Offer Science Teachers More Science Training
 Many elementary schools supply teachers with commercial science kits to bolster science education. But many teachers lack the science background they need to use the kits as effectively as possible. The Burns Technology Center closes the loop by offering teachers easy-to-access online courses through the National Teachers Enhancement Network--Elementary (NTEN) program. The courses expand on the science concepts elementary educators are expected to teach when using the kits. They give teachers the background and thus the confidence that they need to suceed in the kit-based classroom. Scientists, instructional technologists and in-service teachers team up to design the graduate-level courses.
Extended University Helps Montana Tribal Communities Capture Oral History for Future Generations
 Montana Indian reservation residents seek ways to preserve their culture, history, and language for future generations. In order to help them to use technology to share defining elements of their culture, the BTC created the Technology and Cultural Heritage Learning Centers (TeCH). BTC training helps the residents capture and preserve history, stories and other tribal resources. Community members of all ages participate; they create electronic modules that play on kiosks in the Learning Center, sharing sacred songs, oral histories, Indian languages and other lore.
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