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Theresa Cullen
University of Oklahoma
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Technology Integration for Preservice Teachers
Theresa Cullen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2070–2071
This presentation will focus on a teacher education course focused on effective pedagogical practices for technology integration. The course is the second piece of a redesign effort to change a traditional three credit hour technology course into...
Topics: Educational Technology, Change, Teachers
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How Preservice Elementary Teachers Envision the Role of Technology and Science in their Future Classrooms
Theresa Cullen; Thomas Brush
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3399–3402
The purpose of the study was to determine beliefs held by beginning preservice teachers about the role of technology and science in their future classrooms. Drawings of future classrooms, descriptive essays, survey data, and class discussions were...
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Technology Experiences of Student Interns in a One to One Mobile Program
Theresa Cullen; Tugra Karademir
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 10, No. 2 (April 2018) pp. 20–35
This article describes how a group of student intern teachers (n = 51) in a one to one teacher education iPad program were asked to reflect using Experience Sampling Method (ESM) on their use of technology in the classroom during internship. Interns ...
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The role of technology in preservice teachers' images of their future classrooms
Theresa A. Cullen
The role of technology in preservice@teachers' images of their future classrooms (2006) pp. 1–225
The purpose of the study was to determine what beliefs the participating preservice teachers held about teaching, learning and technology's role as it relates to their plans for their future classroom. Beginning preservice teachers' drawings of...
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Attitudes Toward and Use of iPads in a College of Education One-to-One Program
Teresa DeBacker; Theresa Cullen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2767–2775
This paper overviews data collected from the first semester of a one-to-one iPad project at a College of Education in the Southwest United States. The authors will discuss the overall structure of the program and data collected to address two...
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Supporting PreService Technology Integration: Transition from a Single Stand Alone Course
Theresa Cullen; Thomas Brush
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3138–3141
This presentation will detail the design process of two one-hour courses that support preservice teachers to design technology-rich lesson plans and implement them in a K-12 classroom. Details about how student activities are structured and...
Topics: Students
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Engaging Preservice Teachers in Professional Development about iPads
Katheryn Shannon; Theresa Cullen
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 8, No. 2 (April 2016) pp. 35–43
The iEducate mini-conference was a professional development approach used in a college of education that has a one to one iPad initiative. Students were strongly encouraged to attend workshops on effective iPad integration strategies for the...
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"Googlizing” productivity tool integration for pre-service teachers
Katheryn Elizabeth Shannon; Theresa Cullen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2567–2569
Productivity tools used in K12 schools and classrooms are constantly changing. Redesigning a required productivity tools course in a teacher education program in order to move the focus away from Microsoft Office products and toward the use of...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technology Education, Technology Leadership, Classrooms, Integration, Teachers
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Considerations for Integrating Technology in Developing Communities in Latin America
Daniela Núñez Ponte; Theresa A. Cullen
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 57, No. 6 (November 2013) pp. 73–80
This article discusses issues related to introducing new information and communication technologies (ICT) into Latin American countries. Latin American countries are gaining world focus with political changes such as the death of Hugo Chavez in...
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Computer Literacy Needs in a Traditional Library Literacy Program: Results of a Needs Analysis
Theresa A. Cullen; Inger C. Cobb
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 55, No. 6 (November 2011) pp. 25–32
This study reports the results of a needs analysis of literacy programs for a library system serving three rural and suburban counties. It examines the computing skills and needs of literacy tutors as well as native-speaking and English language...
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Faculty and PreService Teacher Technology Partnerships: Putting 21st Century Skills into Practice.
Theresa Cullen; Teresa DeBacker; Christi Dawson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 5023–5026
This presentation will outline our model of technology professional development that we are using with faculty to prepare them for a one to one iPad initiative which pairs faculty with preservice teacher education students to design student centered ...
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Teaching for Application: A Model for Assisting Pre-Service Teachers With Technology Integration
Jung Won Hur; Theresa Cullen; Thomas Brush
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 18, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 161–182
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a technology integration model designed to assist pre-service teachers to learn meaningful uses of technology in K–12 classrooms. Based on studies in teacher education, learning theory, and technology...
Topics: Instructional Design, Teachers, Integration, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
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Social Media Use and FoMO While Studying Abroad
Patricia Hetz; Christi Dawson; Theresa Cullen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2327–2334
The purpose of this mixed methods study to determine how social media affects the study abroad experience, and if students studying abroad experience Fear of Missing Out (FoMO). The students studying abroad took an online survey as well as...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technology Education, Mobile Learning
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Preservice Teachers' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Motivation about Technology Integration
Theresa A. Cullen; Barbara A. Greene
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 45, No. 1 (2011) pp. 29–47
The Theory of Planned Behavior was used as a framework, along with Self-Determination Theory, to examine preservice teachers' motivation to include technology in their future teaching. We modified instruments to measure theoretical constructs to be...
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Preserving the Legacy of PT3 Tools, Strategies & Resources: Knowledge Capture Artifacts
Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich; Theresa A. Cullen
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 50, No. 3 (May 2006) pp. 46–53
The federal Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) grant program produced a variety of tools, strategies and resources which different grantee sites designed for educating preservice teachers on the integration of technology in K-12...
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An Exploration of Pre-Service Teachers' Intention to Use Mobile Devices for Teaching
Jung Hur; Ying Shen; Ugur Kale; Theresa Cullen
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 7, No. 3 (July 2015) pp. 1–17
Teachers in the US have been increasingly adopting mobile devices for teaching, but little research has examined how pre-service teachers perceive mobile device integration in classrooms. To address this issue, the study developed a research model...
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Contextual Factors Influencing Access to Teaching Computational Thinking
Ugur Kale; Mete Akcaoglu; Theresa Cullen; Debbie Goh
Computers in the Schools Vol. 35, No. 2 (2018) pp. 69–87
This study attempts to determine whether teachers' access to computational thinking (CT) and CT technologies varies by rurality (rural versus urban) of the school county and grade level taught (primary versus secondary). A total of 81 teachers from...
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Social Media Use and the Fear of Missing out (FoMO) While Studying Abroad
Patricia R. Hetz; Christi L. Dawson; Theresa A. Cullen
Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 47, No. 4 (2015) pp. 259–272
Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is a social construct that examines whether students are concerned that they are missing out on experiences that others are having, and we examined this relation to their concerns over missing activities in their home...
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Technology Grants and Rural Schools: The Power to Transform
Theresa Cullen; Tim Frey; Rebecca Hinshaw; Scott Warren
Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)
The requirements of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) has presented challenges for schools and districts across the United States such as a new need to focus on test scores and student achievement. While all states, districts, and schools face ...
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Utilizing Multimedia PBL to Engage Pre-Service Teachers in Multi-Cultural Special Education Decision-Making
Mary L. Kelly; Theresa A. Cullen; Min-Joung Kim
Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)
Pre-service teacher programs have a central goal of fostering skills necessary for students to become successful professional educators. This goal is often challenging because students typically do not have sufficient opportunities to gain realistic ...
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Computational What? Relating Computational Thinking to Teaching
Ugur Kale; Mete Akcaoglu; Theresa Cullen; Debbie Goh; Leah Devine; Nathan Calvert; Kara Grise
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 6 (2018) pp. 574–584
Computational thinking is one of the skills critical for successfully solving problems posed in a technology driven and complex society. The limited opportunities in school settings to help students develop computational thinking skills underscores...
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NCLB Technology and a Rural School: A Case Study
Theresa A. Cullen; Thomas A. Brush; Timothy J. Frey; Rebecca S. Hinshaw; Scott J. Warren
Rural Educator Vol. 28, No. 1 (2006) pp. 9–16
The requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) have presented special challenges and opportunities for rural schools (Reeves, 2003). Researchers have suggested that one way rural schools may be able to overcome these challenges is...