SITE 2000--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
2000
Editors
Dee Anna Willis; Jerry Price; Jerry Willis
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 477
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ICT Training and Implementation : Inseparable Activities
Reg North, University of Ulster
As a part of the Education Departments' Superhighways Initiative, senior secondary school staff in Northern Ireland participated in a multimedia CD-ROM based training programme on the use of... More
pp. 402-407
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ATTITUDES TOWARDS USING COMPUTERS IN ADMINISTRATION AMONG SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
A. Rafee C. Kassm, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia; Hatim M. Tahir, University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
The purpose of this experiment os to examine variables that could influnce the attitudes towards computers adninistrators in Malaysia. The variables investigated in this experiment were gender,... More
pp. 408-414
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Involving Faculty in Faculty Development: A Recursive Model
Kristine Blair & Dan Madigan, Bowling Green State University, United States
As more and more faculty are encouraged to develop technology-based courses within their disciplines as a response to changing student populations and the resulting need for alternative sites of... More
pp. 418-423
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Technology Use in Higher Education: A Faculty Development Model
Jessica Kahn & Robert Pred, Chestnut Hill College, United States
Higher education faculties have been slow to integrate technology into their college courses. In a single small college, the logistics of providing the information professors might need about... More
pp. 424-429
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A Faculty of Education as a Community of Learners: Growing to Meet the Demands of Instruction and Technology
Nancy Browne, Mhairi (Vi) Maeers & Elizabeth Cooper, University of Regina, Canada
This paper explores one Faculty of Education's experience with Information Technology inservice workshops. Expert students knew the IT content and expert faculty worked with the expert students to ... More
pp. 430-435
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Faculty Development: From Computer Skills to Technology Integration
Karen Milligan & Stephanie Robinson, Carson-Newman College, United States
Faculty development serves as an important precursor to technology integration. There are several strategies that have proven successful in effecting changes in the use of technology. One... More
pp. 436-440
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TECHNOLOGY MENTORSHIPS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: AN OPTIMAL MATCH FOR EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING SKILLS
Sally R. Beisser, Drake University, United States
Mentoring relationships to invite higher education faculty to learn educational computing skills on a one-to-one basis are an "optimal match". An optimal match involves a carefully constructed... More
pp. 441-447
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Constructivistic Learning: Also for Faculty!
Simone Terwindt, Amsterdam Faculty of Education, Netherlands
The Amsterdam Faculty of Education is developing and implementing a new curriculum concept for professional education, for which it attained the status of "the experimental teacher education in the... More
pp. 448-450
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FA C ULT Y DE V E L O P M E NT
Bob Gillan & Karen McFerrin, Northwestern (LA) State University, United States
pp. 450-452
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Building a Vision for Technology Integration
Ann McCoy, University of Alaska Anchorage, United States
Students have few opportunities to observe faculty using technology in courses and more rarely use a wide range of technologies in the classroom. This report examined data gathered to determine... More
pp. 451-456
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Teaching Well With Technology: An Educator's Guide to Wise and Time-Efficient Use of Instructioinal Technology
Kevin Barry, Barbara Walvoord & Thomas Laughner, University of Notre Dame, United States
The Teaching Well With Technology workshop was created in an effort to provide faculty members with a systematic way of thinking about desired outcomes, use of time and space, and potential... More
pp. 457-462
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Ten Years of Technology Training for Faculty
Neal Topp & Robert Mortenson, University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States
Assuring that education faculty members use educational technology effectively in their classes requires that they know and use technology themselves. This paper shares the experiences of a college... More
pp. 463-468
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Teachers' Distance Professional Development and Support Model
Peter Serdiukov, Dale Niederhauser & Ralph Reynolds, University of Utah Reading Center, United States
An efficient professional development program for teachers should be open, friendly, well-organized, capable of modifying, and self-contained. To satisfy these requirements, it must be built as a... More
pp. 469-473
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Teaching the Teachers: Faculty Development Institutes at Two Universities
Marc Childress, Old Dominion University, United States; Ray Braswell, Auburn University Montgomery, United States
Many universities recognize the need for additional training in the proper uses of technology for their faculty. Schools have invested in the infrastructure and hardware, yet find that many of... More
pp. 474-478
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The Evangelist and the Conscientious Objector -Lessons Learned from Faculty Development
Lawrence Baines & Lynnwood Belvin, Berry College, United States
This paper is a report of recent research that included such areas as faculty perceptions towards technology and progress towards integration of technology into teaching. Encouraging faculty... More
pp. 479-482
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PUZZLED BY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? WHICH PIECES FIT IN HIGHER EDUCATION?
Ellen Newcombe & John Kinslow, West Chester University, United States
The USE Tech Partners Program at West Chester University is geared toward full-scale integration of educational technology in teacher preparation. This program, funded by the U.S. Department of... More
pp. 483-486
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Aids and Cautions for Developers of Web Pages to Supplement Courses in Higher Education
Cleborne Maddux, University of Nevada, Reno, United States
This paper presents a number of problems commonly found in web pages intended to supplement traditional courses in higher education. These technical and content problems limit the usefulness of... More
pp. 487-491
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Power Web Searching Techniques for Teacher Educators
Judi Repman, Randal Carlson, Elizabeth Downs & Ken Clark, Georgia Southern University, United States
Examination of new search tools and techniques that teacher educators can use to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their own web searching. Techniques to be presented include use of... More
pp. 492-495
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Interactive PowerPoint for Teachers and Students
Terence Cavanaugh & Catherine Cavanaugh, University of South Florida, United States
PowerPoint has become more than a linear presentation tool. The later versions of PowerPoint support branching navigation, custom buttons and menus. These features make a powerful and flexible... More
pp. 496-499
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Networked Software Support of Staff Development.
David Baty & Raymond Moir, University of Dundee
We have developed a searchable on-line database of staff development material relating to electronic teaching resources, which operates across the University network. The database is searchable... More
pp. 500-501
