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Pushing the Boundary: Building a Community of Inquiry and Practice
Hong Wang
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 373–378
Abstract: Technology has changed the way how people communicate, teach, learn, and live. This change has also changed the traditional definition of a community that is primarily relied on geographical locations. The current researches as well as the ...
Topics: Community, Change, Professional Development
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Anchored Collaborative Inquiry
Susan Williams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 324–329
This paper describes Anchored Collaborative Inquiry, a model for in-service professional development that combines a traditional face-to-face workshop with online discussions in which teachers compare simultaneous implementations of the same reform...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development
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The Inquiry Page: Collaborative Technology into Practice
Bertram Bruce; Sharon Comstock; Delwyn Harnisch
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2376–2378
This session trains teachers and learners in The Inquiry Page, a free, web-based, knowledge-building tool that facilitates and fosters real-world application of inquiry-based learning across subject areas (www.inquiry.uiuc.edu). By creating "Inquiry ...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development, Computer Sciences
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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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Inquiry into Mediated Action: The Implementation of an Innovation Cluster
Art Schneiderheinze; Donna Russell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1081–1088
The purpose of this study was to describe how four teachers in four different cities in Missouri implemented an innovation cluster that paired an emerging technology with a unit design framework. The motivating question for the study originated from ...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development, Research Methods
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Online Support for Teacher Community of Practice
Aaron Powell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2633–2638
The purpose of this roundtable is to discuss the problems faced in supporting intentional community of practice for teachers, particularly the socio-technical implications. The focus is on open and flexible systems that increase access and mutuality ...
Topics: Teachers, Community, Professional Development
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Technology Supported Inquiry Learning with Fathom: A Professional Development Project
Jeffrey Hovermill
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2917–2920
This paper describes a research project designed to support six practicing mathematics teachers to learn a dynamic statistics education software program, Fathom, and to critically practice and reflect on the integration of this learning technology...
Topics: Teachers, Mathematics, Integration, Educational Technology, Professional Development
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Looking at Student Work Online: Building Distributed Communities of Inquiry and Practice
Johann Sarmiento; Barry Mansfield
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2492–2493
Among the alternative "spaces" for the professional learning of teachers, collaborative reflection on students' work is gaining attention as an effective method to anchor improvement of classroom practices and students outcomes. Creative use of...
Topics: Integration, Professional Development, Collaboration, Classrooms, Learning Outcomes
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Establishing a Community of Learners: Solicited, Organized, Academic Response (SOAR)
Nancy Anderson; Sharla Snider
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1106–1110
This round table discussion will demonstrate a unique online collaboration tool as well as underlying instructional strategies currently being utilized to support the peer editing process in an online, graduate grants writing course. Additionally,...
Topics: Literacy, Collaboration, Professional Development
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Evidence-Based Inquiry: A Methodology for the Continual Improvement of Teaching Practices
Benjamin Deaton; Arthur Recesso; Michael Hannafin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2529–2536
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the Evidence-Based Inquiry (EBI) methodology is being used as a means for using direct evidence for the continuous improvement of teaching practices. This paper and presentation will introduce the EBI...
Topics: Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Teachers
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New Meets New Year Two: Integrating Technology into Inquiry-Based Teacher Education
Michele Jacobsen; Bruce Clark
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1417–1424
What happens when an inquiry-based teacher education program encounters a province-mandated Information and Communications Technology (ICT) curriculum? This paper reports on the second year of technology integration efforts in an inquiry-based...
Topics: Teachers, Integration, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Information Communication Technologies
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Beginning teacher network: The design of an online community of practice for beginning teachers in Australia
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Lori Lockyer; Ian Brown
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3251–3258
The high attrition rate of teachers in their first five years of teaching coupled with an ageing teacher profile necessitates innovative approaches to beginning teacher support and professional development. This paper argues (and provides a...
Topics: Community, Teachers, Professional Development, Research Methods
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Online Learning for Human Rights Education: Qualitative inquiry into international educators’ online learning experiences
Jae-Eun Joo
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1709–1716
This research explores how diverse international educators engaged in a 12-week online course about context-sensitive and controversial issues related to human rights education (HRE). For fifteen months, I conducted a series of online inquiries and...
Topics: Professional Development
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Inquiry and Information Technology Integration: Cognitive Apprenticeship Learning Environment Model (CALEM)
Cathy Yeotis; Glyn Rimmington; David Koert; Mara Alagic
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 826–833
Abstract: The CALEM is a dynamic evolving, team-driven model, integrating state-of-the-art information technology cognitive tools, and inquiry into teaching, learning, and research of teachers and teacher educators. The model stems from numerous...
Topics: Professional Development, Integration, Teachers
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Polaris: Creating Math and Science Stars through Integrated, Inquiry-Based Online Professional Development
Blayne Mayfield; Bruce Ackerson; Kouider Mokhtari; Leah Engelhardt; James Choike; Mark Rockley; Rockley Puckette; Richard Marston; Susan Stansberry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3077–3079
The purpose of the "Polaris: Creating Math and Science Stars" project is to demonstrate and provide professional development for integrated, inquiry-based teaching in secondary school classrooms. With a focus on Hypothesis Based Learning (Rockley...
Topics: Professional Development, Science
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Deepening the Impact of Technology through an Inquiry Approach to Teaching and Learning: A Cross-Case Analysis of Three Teachers’ Experience
Margarete Juliana
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2031–2032
This case study focuses on three teacher professionals whose teaching practices capitalize on the use of multiple technologies and inquiry method as a means to deepen student learning, engagement, and understanding. It reveals how teachers who...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Research Methods, Teaching Methods
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The Internet Learning Forum: Designing and Building an Online Community of Practice
Julie A. Moore; Diana Treahy; Chin-chi Chao; Sasha Barab
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 2208–2213
This paper reports an effort to create opportunities for teachers' professional development using the web and video technology. In view of the lack of critical reflective discussion among teachers in current teacher professional development...
Topics: Video, Professional Development, Teachers, Community
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Peer Coaching and Community of Practice in Professional Development in ICT for Teachers
Chi-Syan Lin; Jan-Pan Hwang; Yu-Chi Kuo; Chung-Chi Wu; Yu-Chung Chu; Ya-Ting Carolyn Yang; Chi-Sung Laih; Jia-Rong Wen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 188–196
The paper reviews the PBL.NET project, which is targeted at professional development in ICT for school teachers in Taiwan. The strategy of professional development adopted by the project is combining peer coaching and community of practice online. A ...
Topics: Professional Development
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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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Building Community for Professional Learning: Exploring Teaching and Technology in Secondary English Language Arts
Kerrigan Mahoney
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2083–2087
Strategies for effective educational technology professional development for secondary English language arts teachers are explored in an inquiry study that focuses on creating a professional learning community around using technology to support...
Topics: English Education, English Language Arts, Professional Development, Secondary Education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Motivational Factors Impacting Teacher Participation in an Online Professional Development Community
Gina Dysard
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3813–3814
The purpose of this paper is to report teacher motivations in participating in an online professional development community. Specifically, the researchers examine discussion forums in the Persistent Issues in History Network (PIHNet) a website...
Topics: Community, Educational Technology, Evaluation, Social Studies, Professional Development
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"Surviving" Web-based Professional Development (or, How Not to Get Kicked off the Island): Lessons Learned from the Inquiry Learning Forum
Julie Moore
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 693–694
Organizations and institutions are increasingly offering online professional development opportunities to educators [Mather, 2000 #56]. This is especially true for teachers who must keep up with new teaching strategies, the latest professional...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development
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Learning to Teach Online: The Impact of a Professional Development Model on Teaching and Learning at the Community College Level
Janice Hinson; Kimberly LaPrairie
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2250–2252
Online delivery involves extensive planning and attention to details that often go overlooked in typical classroom settings. Challenges for first-generation online instructors include learning how to use a Web-based interface for instruction,...
Topics: Professional Development, Faculty, Students, Instructional Materials
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Fostering a Technology-rich Professional Learning Community: A Design-based Research Cycle
Lei Nong; Alain Breuleux; Gyeong Mi Heo
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1236–1244
This paper describes the early process of a teacher professional development project during which a technology-rich professional learning community was developed and refined to support ongoing teacher development. The aim of this project was to...
Topics: Community, Literacy, Professional Development, Research & Evaluation, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Tech4u: Increasing Teachers’ Technology Literacy through an Online Professional Development Community
Susan Stansberry; Angel Kymes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2332–2337
Reform in education tends to follow the logic of "more is better." We face a continuing cycle of more standards, more legislation, more testing, more teacher preparation, and more accountability. Professional development efforts to create technology ...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Standards
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Exploring the development of learning communities in online settings
Ron Oliver; Chris Brook
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 192–197
This paper discusses the notion of community as an outcome of working within an online environment. In particular the paper explores the concept of users' development of a sense of community as an outcome of working within an online environment...
Topics: Community, Professional Development
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Using Interactive Textware to Scaffold Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Action Research
Kevin Carr; Donna Phillips
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1897–1904
The authors investigated how an interactive textware, an electronically facilitated space for inquiry, scaffolds preservice teacher understanding of action research. The study took place at a small private university in an introductory action...
Topics: Teachers, Interaction, Professional Development
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The ITS Learning and Teaching Portal: Serving the Complex Needs of a Summer Institute
Carol Stuessy; Mike Speed; Cathleen Loving; Janie Schielack; Stephanie L. Knight
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4736–4744
New information from the learning sciences informed the design of a summer institute and its supportive community portal system, the ITS Learning and Teaching Portal. The portal supported an institute offered by the Information Technology in...
Topics: Community, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Science, Information Sciences
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Voluntary Participation of K-12 Teachers in Informal Online Learning
Elizabeth Riddle
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 665–668
In order to understand how to design an online learning community for K-12 teachers and promote it as a useful, if not preferred, environment for teachers, it is essential to understand what motivates teachers to participate in one and how it...
Topics: Teachers, Community, Professional Development
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A New Model for Professional Development: Leveraging Communities of Practice
Teresa Foulger
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2384–2391
This paper is a report on the findings of an action research study that explored a non-traditional professional development process involving five elementary teachers working as a community in collaboration with a professional developer. The group...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development
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Facilitating Learning of New Technologies: Lessons learned from three constructivist teacher development projects
Noemi Fontanez; Juan C. Vadi-Fantauzzi; Annette Lopez de Mendez
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1985–1988
Abstract: This article presents three examples of teacher development projects designed from a constructivist perspective. Projects followed a continuous professional development model engaged in an inquiry and collaborative environment. The model ...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development, Learning Objects
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Design of Web-based Learning Environments: Integrating curriculum, technology, and professional development approaches
James D. Slotta; Marcia C. Linn; Philip Bell
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1860–1863
An increasing number of learning environments are successfully engaging students in authentic inquiry while also promoting meaningful learning about central concepts in a discipline. These efforts are characterized by some common characteristics: ...
Topics: Computers, Teachers, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Professional Development
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The Learning to Teach with Technology Studio: Demonstration of a state-of-the-art Web-based Professional Development system for teaching K-12 technology integration
Carolyn Scholten; Jamie Kirkley
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 197–198
In this demonstration, participants will examine an existing online professional development system for preK-12 technology integration and explore key issues related to designing this type of a system. One such Web-based system, the Learning to...
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Unlocking the Spanish Teachers Professional Development:Helping the creation of knowledge communities
Isabel Alvarez; Begoña Gros; Iolanda Garcia
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2381–2384
In this paper, we describe the use of Knowledge Forum as a support for the creation of professional development based on collaborative process. The main idea is to create a community of practitioners that will be able to use new competences related ...
Topics: Collaboration, Professional Development
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Teacher E-Portfolio Communities: Diffusion of Design Knowledge as a Catalyst for Teacher Learning
Christopher Hartmann; Brendan Calandra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 110–117
We present results from a study of the use of electronic portfolios in an undergraduate preparation program for mathematics teachers. We describe parallel developments in: (1) the use of hypermedia technologies to represent teaching practice and (2) ...
Topics: Community, Teachers, Mathematics, Professional Development, Portfolios
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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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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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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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An Investigation of Secondary Science Teachers’ Use of GIS in the Classroom
Gillian Acheson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4595–4599
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a widely used technology in higher education, government, and industry. However, only two percent of American high schools have implemented GIS in their classrooms (Kerski 2003). This paper discusses a study...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Secondary Education, Developmental Stages, Information Sciences
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Internet Communities of Practice for the Professional Development of Beginning Teachers
Anthony Herrington; Evan Glazer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1859–1861
The professional development of beginning teachers is necessary for the sustainability of the teaching profession within the context of a reform-based curriculum. The trend in professional development indicates a shift from traditional approaches...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development
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Use of video records of classroom practices to support teacher reflection in a professional learning network
Leah Dayan; Alain Breuleux; Gyeong Mi Heo; Lei Nong
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 980–989
This study discusses the use of video records of classroom practices in a professional learning network (PLN) in order to support teacher reflection and professional development. Select video recordings of participating teachers of the PLN were...
Topics: Instructor Networking, Instructor Training and Support, improving classroom teaching, Video, Professional Development
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Sustaining the Professional Development of Teachers through a Virtual Learning Environment: Promoting Effective Teaching with ICT
Michael Henderson
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3061–3066
Professional Development (PD) of teachers in the use of Information and Communication Technology is an international priority; however it is commonly acknowledged that traditional models of PD are not effective in engendering change. In particular,...
Topics: Community, Professional Development, Communication, Information Communication Technologies, Virtual Environments
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Ongoing, Job Embedded Professional Development…a Living Case
Judy Martin; Kelly McKie Grenier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2463–2466
Abstract: How does on-going, job embedded professional development (Friesen & Clifford, 2002) assist teachers to move towards more student directed inquiries which will enrich not only the learning but the teaching as well? What happens when mentors ...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development
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Helping Teachers Use Technology: An Adventure of the American Mind
Benjamin Coulter; Elizabeth Coulter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1723–1724
Abstract: Successful instructional technology efforts contain multi-faceted support mechanisms. Thanks to a federal appropriation, ten colleges/schools/departments of education are participating in a pilot project to bring technology, support, and...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Library
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The Professional Development of Human Service Professionals in Rural and Remote Areas: Investigating the Affordances of the Internet
Anthony Herrington
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 1598–1604
This paper is a report of work-in-progress on a project that seeks to identify effective ways in which the Internet can be used to overcome the isolation of human service professionals employed in rural and remote areas. Professionals employed in...
Topics: Professional Development, Internet
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An Investigation of Graduate Students' Reflections on Research
Frances Bailie
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 850–854
Abstract: The research component common to many Masters Degree programs poses significant challenges. Instructors strive to create a meaningful experience to demonstrate the intrinsic link between research and teaching as well as the central role...
Topics: Professional Development, Students
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Using Video Ethnographies for Professional Development of Educators
Peter Chan; Ping Zeng; Susan Magliaro; Carl Harris; Carol Greene
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 655–657
This panel will provide an extensive examination of an emerging approach to profession development--video ethnography from four different perspectives: pedagogical foundations, demonstration, national and international applications, and current...
Topics: Professional Development
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Electronic portfolios as a way to handle paradigm shift
Lesya Kotsur-Hassall; Natalie Johnson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 92–94
Electronic portfolios have been advocated as a new form of assessment documenting student personal and professional growth. It is believed that through careful selection of artifacts, as well as deep reflection on their essence and appropriate...
Topics: Students, Curriculum, Professional Development, Portfolios, Assessment
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Teachers sharing and learning online - an innovative professional development model
Melanie Zibit Goldman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 2214–2217
"MSTelementoring" is an innovative, online professional development project for K-12 teachers in central New York State. The focus of the project is on changing teacher practice to more inquiry methods in math and science and technology. Teachers...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development
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Mentorship: The key to successful longevity in educational leadership
Pamela Freeman; Michael McFrazier
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1560–1565
Mentoring is an invaluable tool for developing strong educational leaders who will embraces change and commit to taking risk and finally acting. Progressive school leaders realize the necessity of interconnectedness to meet all educational, societal ...
Topics: Professional Development, Mentoring