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David Whittier
Boston University School of Education
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Can faculty expertise be sustained with curriculum development?: Technology and the Judgment Curriculum Project.
David Whittier
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3445–3450
The Boston University PT3 grant project proposed first to train faculty to use technology and then to sustain the gained expertise in a curriculum development project. Education faculty gains in integrating technology into their teaching and their...
Topics: Educational Technology, Curriculum, Faculty
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Assessing the Teacher as Software Developer/Teacher as Website Developer program exiting student teaching
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3391–3395
Teacher preparation programs vary in the way they prepare teachers to teach with technology. In an exit survey of seniors in an undergraduate teacher preparation program who were completing their student teaching and about to graduate and earn...
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Time Online: Faculty Activities and Satisfaction Teaching Online
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 820–824
This study reports on a survey of higher education faculty who have taught online and in a classroom. Participants are engaged both in preparing teachers and other disciplines. Respondents report on both the form and the time involved in utilizing ...
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Teacher as Software Developer
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3416–3421
The Teacher as Software Developer program synthesizes technology instruction, curriculum, and field experiences in teacher preparation. In introductory education for all undergraduate education students, the required technology lab links to a one...
Topics: Educational Technology, Curriculum, Software, Classrooms, Learning Objects
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The Teacher as Designer of Instructional Technology: Summarizing over 10 years of teacher education to use technology
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2792–2797
The Teacher as Designer of Instructional Technology (TDIT) program focuses on improving teachers’ knowledge of technology and curriculum integration and common teaching practices. Delivered in the first year of a four-year undergraduate education...
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CE-101: Cyberethics education and Internet psychology
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2429–2437
This paper presents theory and research leading to development of a graduate course in cyberethics education. Theory on the psychology of the Internet and moral development are applied to digital life in cyberspace. Research finding that subject’s ...
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Respecting history: the teacher as Web site developer
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4010–4012
The "Teacher as Web site Developer" (T as W D) program seeks to inform the training of pre-service teachers by respecting historical evidence describing the need to effectively integrate technology into teaching processes. The goal is to overcome...
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Time Online: Faculty Methods and Satisfaction Teaching Online and in Classrooms
David Whittier
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2676–2681
In a survey of higher education faculty who have taught both online and in a classroom, respondents reported less enthusiasm for and satisfaction in teaching online compared to teaching in classroom(s). Thirty three percent (n=81) report being ...
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Measuring history: The teacher as Website developer
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2183–2188
The “Teacher as Website Developer” program builds on historical evidence suggesting that the most effective use of technology comes when teachers are in charge of developing technology-based resources. The program helps pre-service teachers learn...
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The paradoxical effectiveness of teacher/professor modeling technology use in the age of constructivism
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2434–2439
Two studies, a qualitative inquiry into the introduction of electronic portfolios in 4th and 5th grades, and a survey asking university students to rate the value to their learning of 37 contemporary educational technologies and comment...
Topics: Technology Leadership, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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The Teacher as Software Developer
David Whittier
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 5, No. 1 (2005) pp. 66–72
The Teacher as Software Developer is an innovative program synthesizing technology instruction, curriculum content, and field experiences in teacher preparation. Since introducing this program in 1998, students have benefited from the transformation ...
Topics: Technology integration, technology, Integration, Multimedia, teacher training, hypermedia, Authoring tools, eLearning, Inclusive Education
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Measuring Technologies Value to Learning
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1506–1511
Measuring Technologies Value to Learning (MTVL) is a new survey instrument designed to collect data on the value learners place in a self-assessment of technologies and in some cases, the processes they facilitate. The survey shifts from existing...
Topics: Information Technology Education, Technology Leadership, Information Literacy Education (Library & Media)
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The Impact on Cooperating Teachers of the Teacher as Software Developer Program
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1875–1877
The Teacher as Software Developer program integrating technology instruction, curriculum, and field experiences in teacher preparation was a 2004 CITE/JTATE Technology Leadership award recipient. In the program, pre-service students produce a Web...
Topics: Leadership, Learning Objects, Integration, Software, Educational Technology
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The Techne Project: Investigating the meaning of technology
David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3180–3187
Many young people in the US, especially girls, develop a negative attitude toward technology in general and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) careers in particular. The Techne Project is based on the theory that much of this negative...
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The Effect on Cooperating Teachers of the Teacher as Web Site Developer Program
David Whittier
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 3 (September 2007) pp. 227–244
This article describes the impact on cooperating teachers of a programmatic stage of teacher preparation to use technology. The Teacher as Web Site Developer is an arrangement for linking a university-based instructional technology lab with...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Mentoring
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Cyberethics: Envisioning Character Education in Cyberspace
David B. Whittier
Peabody Journal of Education Vol. 88, No. 2 (2013) pp. 225–242
This article presents theory and research forming the framework of a graduate course in cyberethics education. The course content includes theory and research on the psychology of the Internet, moral development, and character education. Discussion...
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How faculty’s satisfaction with teaching online relates to synchronous/asynchronous communication
Lei Ma; David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 683–687
Faculty’s satisfaction is a crucial factor to determine the success of online learning. However, faculty is less satisfied with and less enthusiastic about teaching online than teaching in a classroom (Whittier, 2009). Some researchers suggest that...
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From faculty development to curriculum development: Assessing the Boston University PT3 program for preparing tomorrow’s teachers to use technology.
David Whittier; Sonia Lara
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3783–3790
The Boston University School of Education (SED) PT3 grant proposed a three-year project focusing initially on faculty development in producing technology-based curriculum resources for their methods courses (phase one) and then leveraging and...
Topics: Curriculum, Educational Technology, Faculty, Schools
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Supporting Knowledge Building Communities with an Online Application
David Whittier; Eisara Supavai
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3022–3027
One of the cumbersome administrative tasks teachers often face is a lack of systematic and efficient storage and retrieval of their students’ class materials. The storage and retrieval of such data becomes more critical in classrooms that apply the...
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Pedagogical Value of Online Video Resources
Jeungah Kim; David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1143–1148
Digital video recorders and video sharing websites have enabled people to readily create videos, post them online, and share them with worldwide audiences. Consequently, numerous video clips have become available on a wide range of subjects, and...
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Teachers Voices on the Knowledge and Skills Needed for Teaching with iPads
June Kim; David Whittier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1650–1657
Twelve experienced teachers who had previously used iPads in their teaching for at least one year participated in a qualitative investigation of the knowledge and skills they needed to use iPads effectively in teaching. Through analysis of...
Topics: Planning, Mobile Learning, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education
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Preparing Teachers, Student Teachers, and Schools for the 21st Century: Review of Recent Report in the U.S
Sonia Lara; David Whittier
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3626–3631
The year 1996 marked the initiation of Getting America's Students Ready for the 21st Century: Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge. The grant program aimed to integrate technology in the field of education in the 21st century. This grant...
Topics: Schools, Educational Technology, Literacy, Teachers
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Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) at Boston University through Faculty Development: Assessment of Three Years of the Project
David Whittier; Sonia Lara
Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 15, No. 3 (October 2006) pp. 321–335
The Boston University PT3 grant project proposed first to train faculty to use technology and then to sustain the gained expertise in a curriculum development project. Education faculty gains in integrating technology into their teaching and their...
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US vs European E-folio Design: Investigating a Dichotomy
David Whittier; Sonia Lara
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 241–246
This paper reports an investigation into an apparent dichotomy in designing and utilizing efolios for personal growth and collaboration as opposed to its use for assessment, licensure, and other "high stakes" purposes. Napper and Barrett (2004) note ...
Topics: Assessment, Standards, Professional Development
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From dutiful to enlightened: Developing a next generation course in Digital Citizenship
David Whittier; Robert Plants; Marilyn Ochoa; Dana Susko
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1962–1967
Citizenship concepts in a curriculum for an online course in digital citizenship for pre-service and in-service teachers are presented to frame a next generation and global view of digital citizenship. Topics include traditional concepts of...
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The Development of an Instrument to Assess Preservice Teacher's Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Nicholas J. Lux; Arthur W. Bangert; David B. Whittier
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 45, No. 4 (2011) pp. 415–431
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Pre-service Teacher-Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Survey (PT-TPACK) instrument. The PT-TPACK survey items were written to assess preservice teachers' perceptions and...
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Preparing Teachers to Teach Digital Citizenship
Michael Searson; Bonnie Sutton; David Whittier; Robert Plants; David Gibson; Joke Voogt; Marilyn Ochoa; Vic Sutton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1945–1947
A team of SITE leaders was awarded a highly competitive “Digital Citizenship Award” from Facebook to explore the role of digital citizenship in teacher education. The focus of the SITE “Preparing Teachers to Teach Digital Citizenship” project is...