Mining What We Know about Handheld Computers: A Review of the [Anecdotal] Evidence

Beverly B. Ray

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 4, No. 2 (2005)

Handheld computers have gone beyond the world of business and are finding their way into the hands of teachers and students. The empirical evidence suggests that the integration of handheld technology into the K-12 classrooms promotes 1) teacher...

Online Ethics: Challenges for Preservice Educators

Beverly B Ray; Susan Patterson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2145–2146

How do preservice teachers view issues of online ethics? What knowledge do preservice teachers have of online ethics, including topics such as AUPs, copyright/fair use, and online privacy? What place does online ethics hold in teacher education...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Ethical Issues

Designing for the future of webcasting

Gail Coulter; Beverly B Ray

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 5028–5029

This poster session will present an overview of the unique design features that must be considered when using webcasts in an online special education course for teacher candidates. How those features influenced development of the course will be...

Teacher-Created, Teacher-Centered Weblogs: Perceptions and Practices

Beverly B. Ray; Martha M. Hocutt

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (2006) pp. 11–18

This paper describes the findings of a qualitative research study examining the perceptions and practices of inservice teachers who blog. Open-ended interviews and electronic dialogues were conducted with 16 K-12 bloggers to identify emergent themes....

Reflective Practices Among Language Arts Teachers: The Use of Weblogs

Beverly B Ray; Gail A Coulter

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 1 (2008) pp. 6–26

Reflection is considered an important aspect of teacher practice. Researchers examined 21 teacher-created language arts blogs to determine whether randomly selected entries within the blogs demonstrated reflection on professional practice. In...

Topics: Teachers, Internet, Secondary Education, English Language Arts, Virtual Environments

Challenges of Electronic Portfolios: Student Perceptions and Experiences

Vivian H. Wright; B. Joyce Stallworth; Beverly Ray

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (2002) pp. 49–61

With the implementation of national standards addressing technology, teacher preparation programs are faced with the issues of preparing teachers to effectively use and to seamlessly integrate technology across content areas. A team teaching...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Secondary Education, Portfolios, Educational Technology, Social Studies

Weblogs to Promote Creative Expression and Reflective Practice in E-Learning Environments

Beverly B. Ray; Martha Hocutt; Susan K Patterson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2658–2667

Instructors designing online learning environments that promote creative expression and reflective practice may find Weblogs a useful tool. This session will preview the findings of a research study examining how PK-16 educators use Weblogs to...