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Trials, Tribulations, and Minor Successes: Integrating Technology into a Preservice Teacher Preparation Program
Judith A. Duffield
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 42, No. 4 (1997) pp. 22–26
Proposes a way of thinking that integrates technology into elementary education. Describes the first four years of efforts at the University of Colorado at Denver to integrate technology into its preservice teacher education program. Outlines...
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Problem Solving Software: What Does It Teach?
Judith A. Duffield
The purpose of this study was to examine the potential of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for teaching problem solving skills. It was conducted in three phases. During the first phase, two pieces of problem solving software, "The King's Rule"...
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Infusing Technology Across a Teacher Preparation Program
Judith Duffield; Deanna Sands
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2833–2843
This paper describes a teacher preparation program and the pressures that caused the faculty to consider infusing technology, special education, and diversity across the courses in the program. These included: a) credit limitations, b) state...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Faculty
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New Teachers and Technology: Positive Factors
Judith Duffield; Myka Raymond
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 2013
Each of us involved in encouraging technology for learning can list factors that inhibit the use of technology in schools. The lack of skills, confidence and tools are the usual suspects. When all these are present, many teachers still choose not to ...
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Designing Computer Software for Problem-Solving Instruction
Judith A. Duffield
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 39, No. 1 (1991) pp. 50–62
Discusses factors that might influence the effectiveness of computer software designed to teach problem solving. Topics discussed include the structure of knowledge; transfer of training; computers and problem solving instruction; human-computer...
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Technology Support in a School-University Partnership
Geraldine (Geri) DiPalma; Judith Duffield
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1581–1584
This project uses a combination of technology experts at the university and partner school levels and leadership academies to infuse technology into course syllabi, teaching activities and assignments for the programs teacher candidates. The goal is ...
Topics: Teachers
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Lessons Learned from PT3
Judith A. Duffield; Julie A. Moore
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 50, No. 3 (May 2006) pp. 54–58
Technology integration is a three-pronged effort. Not only do teachers, no matter the level, need to know how to use technology, they need to know how to integrate it into their curriculum. These two prongs were a consistent theme throughout the...
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Fostering K-12 Technology Use: A Strategy for Professional Development
Judith Duffield; Jennifer Eisenhart; Jennifer Henninger
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4090–4092
Providing in-school support for teachers learning to integrate technology remains a challenge. Skills presented to large groups after school or during summer workshops rarely meet the immediate needs of teachers. Skills introduced are often quickly...
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Problem Based Learning at the University of Colorado at Denver
Judith A. Duffield; R Scott Grabinger
Selected Research and Development Presentations at the 1996 National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 1997 (1997)
This paper provides a brief overview of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as an instructional methodology. A description of a graduate program for practicing teachers at the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) is also included. Problem-based learning...
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Finding Structures that Support Technology Integration: One Program’s Journey
Jami Goetz; Geraldine DiPalma; Judith Duffield
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1752–1754
Preparing preservice teachers to integrate technology in their practice teaching experiences and beyond depends, in part, on how they see technology modeled throughout their teacher preparation program. Under ideal circumstances, preservice teachers ...
Topics: Teachers
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Training Preservice Teachers to Become Technology Leaders
Judith A. Duffield; Darrell W. Green
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) p. 449
This presentation describes a preservice teacher education program for non-traditional students at the master's level. Seminars that support the teacher candidates through their preservice and first inservice years are described. The seminars are...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Students
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Physical Science in the Early Grades: Technology in Action
Judith Duffield; Catherine Skokan; David Saksek; Amy Nicholl
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1834–1838
The Colorado School of Mines presented an intensive two week program that delivered physical science content to upgrade teachers' science skills at the elementary level. The objectives of the workshop were to: (a) upgrade physical science material...
Topics: Computer Sciences, Schools, Instructional Materials, Science, Teachers
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Healing the Universe is an Inside Job: Teachers’ Views on Integrating Technology
Karen E. Norum; R. Scott Grabinger; Judith A. Duffield
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 3 (1999) pp. 187–203
Teachers, administrators, and parents are finding that using technology requires more than adding Internet access or placing computers in a classroom. Technology affects the way teachers teach, students learn, and administrators operate. Roles and...
Topics: Students, Teachers, Change, Classrooms, Administrators
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The Use of Technology by Nonformal Environmental Educators
Tamara Elizabeth Peffer; Alec M. Bodzin; Judith Duffield Smith
Journal of Environmental Education Vol. 44, No. 1 (2013) pp. 16–37
This study examined the use of instructional and learning technologies by nonformal environmental educators. A 40-question survey was developed to inquire about practitioner demographics, technology use in practice, and beliefs about technology. The ...
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First Year Teacher’s Technology Use: Three Perspectives
Judith Duffield; Myka Raymond; Nedal AlTenaiji; Barbara Cooper; Sherdyne Cornish; Geraldine DiPalma; James Hurley
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 894–899
Teachers play a major role in making effective use of technology in education and preparing students for the future. Preparing teachers to integrate technology into their classrooms and providing them with the essential tools, skills, and...
Topics: Teachers, Integration, Educational Technology