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Ship-to-shore Educational Communications and Interactivity via the World Wide Web: The School of Rock Expedition Case Study
Matthew Niemitz; Scott Slough; Leslie Peart; Ann Klaus; Kristen St. John; Mark Leckie
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 191–198
The School of Rock Expedition utilized the unique opportunity of an at-sea professional development workshop during the school year to engage onshore audiences via an interactive expedition website. The website sought to connect students, teachers...
Topics: Schools, Professional Development
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Online and Onsite Action Research:A State Wide Professional Development Model
Betty Spencer; Nedra Crow; Michelle Bachman; Ann Adams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 809–813
: This paper is a description of a collaborative state-wide action research professional development program. The program centers around an action research course that employs a variety of distance education delivery strategies, including a newly...
Topics: Distance Education, Schools, Collaboration, Professional Development
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Mavericks, Late Majority and Laggards: Our Experience Implementing Blackboard in a High School
Pavel Samsonov; Chris Briggs
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 3062–3069
This presentation focuses on the implementation of Blackboard as an online delivery system with 20 teachers in a high school in a southern state. Descriptions of the stages, problems faced in the study and also positive results and misconceptions...
Topics: Schools, Professional Development, Teachers
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The Key to Science Inquiry: Keystone Online
Karen Elinich
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4637–4642
During the late 1990s, The Franklin Institute Science Museum recognized a synergistic opportunity within the science education reform culture. School districts were beginning to use research-based science activity kits as the cornerstone of their K...
Topics: Professional Development, Science, Schools, Developmental Stages, Museums
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PAUSE: An Online Community of Practice to Support Novice Teachers’ Professional Development
Genevieve Nault
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2302–2305
PAUSE was created in 2001 to support novice teachers' professional development in a major district school board in Quebec, Canada. Novice teachers meet on regular basis in an online community of practice (CoP) designed to give the opportunity to...
Topics: Teachers, Schools, Professional Development
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PATTERNS OF E-MAIL USE IN A CONVERSATION-BASED TEACHER DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Andrew Topper
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1668–1671
Telecommunications has been proposed as a way to address the problem of teacher isolation and provide opportunities for teacher professional development. The literature on teachers' use of telecommunication suggests that the medium may be ideal...
Topics: Professional Development, Teachers, Schools
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Development of Professional Learning Communities: Factors within the NSF GK-12 Program
Delwyn Harnisch; Sharon Comstock; Bertram Bruce; Jim Buell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2887–2891
This paper will focus on the process and activities supporting professional development for scientist-fellows and teacher/mentors in high school classroom environs. The GK-12 Program at UIUC has made it its goal to create a professional learning...
Topics: Mentoring, Schools, Professional Development, Teachers
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Comprehensive Professional Development Reform Efforts: Changing Attitudes and Practices about Pedagogy and Technology for Science Teachers with Diverse Needs.
Stephen Best; Barry Fishman; Jake Foster; Ronald Marx
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1839–1844
This paper examines a professional development program within a large urban school system, along with a framework of the pedagogical concerns to be addressed by the program. As a part of the Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools (LeTUS), ...
Topics: Science, Professional Development, Educational Technology, Schools, Middle School Education
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Professional Development for Systemic Change: A Strategic Approach to Scaling Educational Reform through Professional Development Programs.
Stephen Best; Ronald Marx; Barry Fishman; Deborah Peek-Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 385–390
This paper discusses our approaches, both in theory and practice, to the enactment of systemic reform as a part of the Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools (LeTUS). The University of Michigan and Detroit Public Schools have partnered...
Topics: Schools, Middle School Education, Science, Professional Development, Educational Technology
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Benefits and Changes Coming from Technology in an Elementary French School located in a Minority Setting: A Case Study
Martine Leclerc
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1677–1684
The evolution of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the multimedia and the Internet, offer forms of collective activities, new ways of acquiring knowledge, new avenues for the exchange of information and new dissemination...
Topics: Teachers, Schools, Professional Development, Information Communication Technologies
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Developing an Online Staff Development Program Using Instructional Technology for Supervisors and Administrators
Robert Graham; Terry Daniels
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 369–374
Abstract: A problem facing many administrators in K-12 and higher education is how to effectively integrate technology into the instructional program. Professional development plays a key role in providing training and support required to develop...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Schools, Administrators
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Designing a Web-based Professional Development Support System for School-based Literacy Coaches
LeAnne Sawyers; Patricia Scharer; Lisa Walker; Carrie Hung
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2671–2678
This paper reports on the design of a web-based professional development support system (PDS2) for school-based literacy coaches and professional developers. It begins with the description of the type of comprehensive professional development and...
Topics: Instructional Design, Professional Development, Schools
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Rethinking Collective Participation in an Online Professional Development Seminar
Stephanie Feger
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2857–2864
Abstract: This paper proposes an expansion of the concept of collective participation, a key structural feature of high-quality professional development (Garet, Porter, Desimone, Birman, & Yoon, 2002). We base our analysis on five online seminars...
Topics: Professional Development, Schools
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Assisting Preservice Teachers: A Model for Online Mentoring
Richard Riedl; Mary Timothy; Susan Dean; Sara Olin Zimmerman; Laurie Palmer; Stephen Brooks; Helen P. Hall
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1821–1826
This study was designed to determine the effects of online mentoring on the professional growth and development of preservice teachers and their mentors. These web and email based interactions provided assistance and support to the preservice ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Mentoring, Schools
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Factors Influencing Teachers’ ICT Literacy: A Snapshot from Australia
Eva Dakich; Colleen Vale; Vijay Thalathoti; Brenda Cherednichenko
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 3672–3680
This paper presents the findings of a survey that examined factors influencing teachers’ ICT literacy. The survey was part of a larger study exploring teachers’ readiness to transform their traditional role and engage primary school students in 21st ...
Topics: Schools, Professional Development, Literacy, Teachers, Information Communication Technologies
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Teacher Development and the New Technologies: Creating Learning Communities
Peter Scrimshaw
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 3213–3218
Over the past few years, the UK Government has introduced a major programme to evaluate and support the successful use of new technologies in schools. This has included an initiative to provide training for all UK teachers in the use of these...
Topics: Schools, Government, Professional Development, Teachers
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Technology And Field-Based Learning: Efforts To Bring About Change In Schools
David Heflich; Govett Aimee; Dixon Juli; Juli K. Dixon; Aimee L. Govett
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1845–1850
Authentic learning is often considered to be hands-on and experiential in nature. This paper describes research that was conducted with an educational methodology designed to provide students with an authentic learning experience in a field-based ...
Topics: Schools, Students, Educational Technology, Professional Development
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Designing K-12 Professional Development using a Hybrid-Learning Model
Diane Larrimore; William Sadera
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 113–118
During the last few years a new form of professional development has evolved from the first wave of e-learning. This innovative delivery of course content has been termed hybrid learning. This, hybrid-learning environment blends the best features...
Topics: Schools, Professional Development, Classrooms
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Technology Use in an Urban Setting: Implications for Schools Change
Berhane Teclehaimanot
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1837–1847
A study of technology use in a large urban Midwestern school district found that teachers have equipment available to them, but it is oftentimes inadequate, inconvenient, or not working. Teachers would like to use technology, but in reality they don'...
Topics: Schools, Professional Development, Software, Teachers
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Been There, Done That: Reaching Teachers Through Distance Education
Laura E. Sujo de Montes; Carmen L. Gonzales
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 273–277
Technology has become ubiquitous everywhere, except in schools. Although many schools are now acquiring the technology, not enough money is being set aside for professional development of teachers in the use of technology. Consequently, teachers...
Topics: Teachers, Distance Education, Schools, Professional Development
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Technology Integration in a Professional Development Program for Paraprofessionals Working with ELLs
Shawn Pennell; Jacque Ewing-Taylor; David Crowther; Rod Case
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1098–1103
Abstract: Paraprofessionals are a vital part of the American education system, acting as cultural and linguistic liaisons between English language learners and the schools they attend. However, paraprofessionals are generally paid an hourly wage for ...
Topics: Integration, Professional Development, Schools, International Education
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Netseminars: A Strategy for Team-Based Action Research
Gary Obermeyer; David Gibson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2907–2912
Professional Development School (PDS) partnerships offer a powerful leverage point for the improvement of student learning in the K-12 sector and a unique opportunity to experiment with new forms of online learning for the adults who work in and...
Topics: Teachers, Schools, Professional Development, Students
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A Science Equipment Clearinghouse: Linking Industry to Science Education Reform Efforts
Adele Kupfer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1867–1872
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a science equipment clearinghouse may play an important role in science education reform efforts at the 8-12 grade level. Project-STIR's unique program begins with an equipment transfer process which ...
Topics: Science, Professional Development, Schools
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Building Teacher Capacity for Authentic Learning in the Next Millennium
Joseph S. Micheller
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 487–490
This paper describes a professional development model created by the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District to implement information technology to support fundamental change in teaching and learning. Our goal is to move toward...
Topics: Schools, Teachers, Professional Development