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The Teacher’s Attention Empowering Children’s Math Learning With Computers
Ni Chang
International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 112–117
This paper reports the findings of a study, a pilot study, conducted in a childcare center in Whitewater, WI. Eight children were involved and divided into two groups: control and experimental groups. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies ...
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Integrating Technological Assistance in the Standard Curriculum in Order to Improve the Success Rate on the Math Portion of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST)
John E. Sasser
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 14, No. 4 (1995) pp. 559–571
Computer programming exercises were used to enhance the curriculum of second semester mathematics classes for prospective elementary teachers. The exercises emphasized the math concepts and skills tested by the Pre-professional Skills Test (PPST), a ...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Mathematics, Programming
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Attitudes of prospective high school mathematics teachers towards integrating information technologies in their future teaching
Orit Hazzan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1582–1587
Hundreds of papers are published nowadays arguing that computers have become an integral part of our lives and, as such, should be integrated into educational systems as well (Cf. Eden, Eisenberg, Fischer and Repenning, 1996; Edelson, Pea and...
Topics: Computers, Teachers, Integration, Mathematics, Teaching Methods
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Integrating the Use of Computers in Elementary Rural Schools
Herendira Garcia-Tello
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 57–63
The intent of the study is to identify the particular needs of rural teachers in terms of computer training and in the adoption of digital tools in their math classes. Fourteen teachers from a public elementary school in a low-social-class...
Topics: Computers, Teachers, Training, Elementary Education, Mathematics
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Preservice Teacher Use of Technology Beyond the PC
Dana Arrowood; Theresa Overall
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1522–1523
Preservice teachers at the University of North Texas are using PC complementary technologies in their courses and in their work with children. These students are being taught the use of Palm personal digital assistants and digital cameras in a...
Topics: Educational Technology, Computers, Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Instruments for Assessing Interest in STEM Content and Careers
Tandra Tyler-Wood; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 18, No. 2 (April 2010) pp. 345–368
Two new instruments created to assess perceptions of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines and careers are analyzed and found to have respectable to excellent internal consistency reliability, as well as good content,...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Engineering, Science, Attitudes, Teachers, Computers, Assessment, Mathematics, Evaluation, Middle School Education, Research Methods, Students
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Availability, Effectiveness and Utilization of Computer Technology among High School Mathematic Teachers in the Instructional Process
Linda Challoo; Robert L. Marshall
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1639–1644
This study examined the levels of availability, effectiveness, and utilization of computer technology by high school mathematic teachers. The design for this study was descriptive-comparative. First, it sought to provide a demographic profile of...
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Preparing Teachers to Integrate Handheld Technology into the Classroom
Simon Whittaker; Jared Keengwe
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4126–4131
Handheld computers represent a recent addition to the technology equipment available for productivity, teaching and learning. There are hundreds of programs available for handheld computers. Since the typical cost of a handheld computer is between ...
Topics: Computer Sciences, Students, Computers, Teachers, Software
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Improving Educational Technology Use in a Border Community: A Case Study
Steven Marx
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2004–2010
This paper describes a research project examining the use of educational technology in a high poverty, high minority, border community. This first stage in the research involved working with teacher education students in two educational technology...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers, Schools, Students
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Helping Third Grade Low Achievers Through Dynamical Modelling Software: An Experimental Study
Xavier Bornas; Jordi Llabres
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2277–2280
The aim of our study was to evaluate the instructional effectiveness of a curriculum based software for low achieving children students (LA). In order to test the importance of the type of help, two versions of the same software were developed ...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Software, Curriculum, Students
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Why Students Engage in “Gaming the System” Behavior in Interactive Learning Environments
Ryan Baker; Jason Walonoski; Neil Heffernan; Ido Roll; Albert Corbett; Kenneth Koedinger
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 19, No. 2 (April 2008) pp. 185–224
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the phenomena of "gaming the system," where a learner attempts to succeed in an educational environment by exploiting properties of the system's help and feedback rather than by attempting to...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Interaction, Educational Technology, Mathematics, Attitudes, Students, Middle School Education, Behavior, Human Computer Interaction, Learning Outcomes, Tutoring
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From Contextualization to Generalization - The Computer Core Course in Preservice Teachers’ IT Training
Yu-mei Wang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1454–1456
There has been a call in teacher education programs to eliminate the stand-alone computer course and to integrate the required computer skills into other educational courses, especially methods courses. Nevertheless, the computer core course model...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Integration, Computers, Teachers
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Computer Driven Assessment and Goal Development : Implications for Higher Education
Michael F. Shaughnessy; Randy Seevers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1196–1199
The Individuals with Disabilities Act ( IDEA) mandates that an individualized education program (IEP) be formulated and implemented for each student identified with a disability between the ages of 3 and 21. This paper identified various computer...
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Using Technology-Integrated Lessons for Inclusive Classrooms as Demonstrations in Methods Courses
Cindy Anderson; Kevin Anderson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3176–3177
This presentation will demonstrate several thematic, technology-integrated lessons that were developed by the presenters and used in their teacher-education methods courses for both regular and special education majors. These lessons were designed...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers
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Teachers' Decision Making Using Data from Online Assessment Recording System
David Pugalee; Michelle Stephan; Vic Cifarelli; Drew Polly; Shagufta Raja
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2754–2757
Teachers using a web-based elementary mathematics assessment system focused on students’ understanding of number concepts have the flexibility to assess students at multiple time points with flexibility in location. The system provides immediate...
Topics: mathematics education, Assessment, Teachers, Computers, Assessment and E-Folios
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Perceptions of Teachers at Miami Shores / Barry University (MSBU) Charter School of Using Computers in their Classrooms for Teaching
Hasan Akyurekoglu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1588–1592
This study is about the perceptions of middle school teachers of using computers in a classroom environment for teaching. A purposive sampling technique is used to select the school and the teachers involved in this study. A constructivist approach...
Topics: Teaching Methods, Classrooms, Middle School Education, Computers, Teachers
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Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs about Effective Uses of Computers in the Classroom: A Content Analysis of Narratives
Connie Hargrave; Bill Sadera
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1355–1361
In this paper, the results of a content analysis are presented of preservice teachers' narratives describing how they would use computers in a classroom to bring about learning. This study is a continuation of an examination of preservice teachers'...
Topics: Classrooms, Computers, Teachers
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It Is Developmentally Inappropriate to Have Children Work Alone at the Computer?
Ni Chang
Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual Vol. 2001, No. 1 (2001) pp. 247–265
In the early childhood field, it is typical for young children to operate computers while receiving little attention from the teacher. The purpose of this article is to examine whether or not the attention of the teacher is needed as children use...
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Preschool Software: Developmentally Appropriate or Marketing Ploy?
Joan Prouty; Robin McGrew-Zoubi
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1544–1547
This paper describes a study of software targeted to preschool children. Preservice teachers observed young children at work, reviewed the literature available on computers and young children, and interviewed early childhood and technology ...
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Integrating Technology in the Pre-Service College Classroom and Beyond by Developing Exit “e-portfolios”
Mary Kay Bacallao; William Halverson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 360–361
The PT3 project, "Bridging the Digital Divide in South Florida" has proposed a module comparing outcomes of pre-service teachers that produce electronic portfolios to outcomes of pre-service teachers using traditional paper portfolios. Also, pre...
Topics: Portfolios, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers
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Are We All Technically Prepared?—Teachers’ Perspective on the Causes of Comfort or Discomfort in Using Computers at Elementary Grade Teaching
Smita Guha
Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual Vol. 2003, No. 1 (2003) pp. 317–349
This study investigated elementary grade teachers' personal experience with instructional computing in classroom instruction and depicts the causes of comfort or discomfort among teachers in using computers at elementary grade teaching. The specific ...
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Computers and School Mathematics Reform: Implications for Mathematics Teacher Education
Azita Manoucherhri
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 18, No. 1 (1999) pp. 31–48
Current mathematics reform has encouraged the use of computers in learning and teaching mathematics. Recent research also provides strong evidence of the usefulness of computers in mathematics learning. National surveys, however, indicate that...
Topics: Mathematics, Teachers, Computers, Middle School Education
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Communicating Computer Security Issues to K-12 Teachers and Students
Kara Nance; Brian Hay; Karina Possenti
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3539–3543
This paper discusses the Teaching Alaskans…Sharing Knowledge (TASK) Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which is funded by the NSF GK-12 Fellowship program. The focus is on how the technology fellows selected by the University of Alaska...
Topics: Computers, Training, Teachers, Educational Technology, Computer Sciences
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Moving K-12 Teachers into 21st Century Science with 21st Century Technology: Building the Educational Grid for Pre-Service Training
Edee Wiziecki; Kenneth Travers; Gypsy Abbott; Umesh Thakkar; Linda Grisham
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1856–1858
The revolution in computational modeling and computer intensive informatics such as data mining have become essential new 21st Century methodologies of deep critical inquiry. Teachers in training need to know how to use these new tools in the...
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Academic Achievement Problems: Developing Curriculum Based Software to Help Low Achievers
Xavier Bornas; Jordi Llabres
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2607–2609
Low achieving children (LA) usually need a very individualized instruction. Teachers rarely can give them this kind of instruction because they have too many children in the classroom. Computer technology may be extremely helpful for those...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Software, Instructional Materials, Curriculum
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A Model for Integrating Computer Support of Curriculum as a Teaching and Learning Tool
David L. Breithaupt
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1112–1114
One major block to the effective integration of computer support of curriculum is not hardware and software, but preservice and inservice training of teachers. This paper reports on continued efforts at North Carolina A & T State University to...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum, Integration, Teachers, Computers
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The World Wide Web and Teacher Education
Edmundo F. Litton
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1565–1566
Computers are increasingly being used in educational settings. Are new teachers being adequately prepared to use technology to enhance learning? A review of the literature shows that technology is used more and more in teacher preparation classes. ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Computers, Teachers
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Computers in the Mathematics / Science Classroom: Help or Hindrance
Alice Hosticka; Denise Huddlestun; Kenneth Clark
International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 78–83
New research indicates that computers in education are seen as a hindrance to student achievement. This indicates that we must examine how computers are used in the school. A recently released report by ETS attributes the down side of the effect...
Topics: Computers, Teachers, Instructional Design, Integration
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Computer Technology In The Classrooms: What Teachers Say?
John Ronghua Ouyang; Henry Wang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1439–1443
Computers are everywhere. However, when we compare the typical school environment to the business environment, it is noticed that schools have lagged far behind in implementing the use of computers. The results of implementation of computers in...
Topics: Classrooms, Computers, Teachers, Training
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Prospective Teachers' Opinions on Factors that Contribute to Successful Technology Integration
Recep Cakir; Soner Yildirim
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2792–2797
This paper presents views of prospective computer teachers about successful technology integration in Turkey. This study investigated prospective teachers' attitudes toward technology integration and their perceptions of potential technology...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers, Integration
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The Development of an Electronic Performance Support System for Teachers
Joi L. Moore; Michael A. Orey; Janice V. Hardy
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 1 (2000) pp. 29–52
There have been several attempts at developing computer tools for teachers. Computer application developers have a tendency to develop the tool first, then try to fit the tool into the teachers' work environment. In reviewing the literature relating ...
Topics: Middle School Education, Teachers, Computers
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The Perceptions of K-12 Teachers Learning Computer Programming and the Relevance to their Careers
Kristen Sosulski
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3373–3375
There is little research on teaching computer programming to K-12 teachers. A group of K-12 teachers enrolled in a computer programming course as part of their masters program in Computing and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University are...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Programming
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An Investigation of the Influence of Computer Technologies on Teaching and Learning as Perceived by Students and School Personnel in Selected Public Secondary Schools in Wyoming
Carl L. Reynolds
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1462–1465
This paper is a report on a naturalistic study involving students and their teachers in secondary schools in Wyoming. Students and teachers in six randomly selected high schools were interviewed on-site. Students reported that word-processing was...
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Factors Related to Teacher Use of Technology in Secondary Geometry Instruction
Albert Strickland; David Coffland
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 23, No. 4 (October 2004) pp. 347–365
This survey sought to identify variables related to teacher use of technology in secondary level geometry classrooms in southeastern Idaho. The primary variables examined in the study were teacher technology awareness, teacher attitude toward...
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Technology Professional Development Delivery Preferences
Michael Blocher; Laura Sujo de Montes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2373–2376
This paper presentation will detail a study conducted at Northern Arizona University designed to investigate and evaluate the technology professional development needs of Arizona in-service educators. The paper presentation will provide readers and...
Topics: Computers, Teachers, Professional Development, Educational Technology
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Computers in the Mathematics Classroom: A Tool or a Crutch?
Mary Kay Bacallao; Karen Michael
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3679–3684
Computers and calculators have changed the way mathematics is taught in many classrooms. What have we learned from these tools in the classroom? Have they made the learning more meaningful? Or, have they made students and teachers alike dependent ...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology, Classrooms, Students
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"Shutting the Box": Fostering Collaboration Among Early Grades and Secondary Preservice Teachers Through Authentic Problem Solving
Michael Todd Edwards
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 4 (December 2006) pp. 374–398
In this paper are discussed recent efforts to provide preservice mathematics teachers with opportunities to connect elementary teaching methods and content with the content and methods of secondary school mathematics. Through an in-depth exploration ...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Mathematics, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Computer Sciences, Collaboration
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Effect of Laptops in Pre-Service Education on Later Use in the Classroom
Kay Petrie; Alexandra Hill; Ann McCoy
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 965–967
UAA's PT3 grant provides wireless laptop computers to all students for the twelve months that they are enrolled in the university's post-baccalaureate teacher certification program. Teacher candidates are required to use their laptops throughout the ...
Topics: Students, Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology
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Beyond Infusion: Preservice Students’ Understandings About Educational Technologies for Teaching and Learning
Laurie Mullen
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 9, No. 3 (2001) pp. 447–466
As a result of the incorporation of computer technologies into teacher education programs, the fields of educational technology and teacher education have produced a substantial base of scholarship in recent years. The Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology, Social Studies
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Multimedia in Chinese Elementary Schools
John Ronghua Ouyang; James E. Yao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1291–1294
Multimedia describes any system that unites two or more media into a single product or presentation. Along with the increasingly developed computer technology, it is believed that multimedia is the best single set of technologies to promote among ...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Multimedia
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Changes in 4th-Graders’ Computer Literacy as a Function of Access, Gender, and Race
Steven Hackbarth
Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual Vol. 2004, No. 1 (2004) pp. 187–212
This is the third in a series of studies examining young students' attitudes toward and knowledge about computers. Data were collected at the end of students' third and fourth grade academic years and analyzed with respect to their "love" of...
Topics: Computers, Teachers, Elementary Education, Literacy, Schools
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Can you Help Me? Students as Catalysts for Teacher Exploration of Computing in Public School Programs
Tel Amiel; Eduardo Martins Morgado; Maria Jose Lenharo Morgado; Gustavo Morceli
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1696–1701
The use of computing in education has been promoted around the globe as way to close digital gaps, promote new pedagogies, and create a better prepared workforce. The Brazilian government has embraced these goals, as evidenced by the amount of funds ...
Topics: Schools, Computers, Teachers, Integration
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The Computer in School: Tutor, Tool, Tutee
Robert P. Taylor, II
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 3, No. 2 (2003) pp. 240–252
FOR THE FORESEEABLE future, computing will play an increasingly important role in human learning. However, no one yet knows exactly how great that role will eventually be, or precisely what form it will finally take.
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers, Instructional Materials, Middle School Education
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Effects of Computer-based Laboratory Instruction on Future Teachers’ Understanding of the Nature of Science
Richard Steinberg
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 22, No. 3 (2003) pp. 185–205
With computer-based instruction, numerical data collection and analysis are performed effortlessly in the laboratory, simulations with idealized conditions are a click away, and abstract concepts that are diffi cult to visualize are represented in...
Topics: Computers, Teachers, Science, Computer Sciences, Students
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Computer Technology Training for Prospective Teachers: Computer Attitudes and Perceived Self-Efficacy
Ying-chen L. Milbrath; Mable B. Kinzie
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 4 (2000) pp. 373–396
To be effective users of computer technologies and be mod-els for students' computer use, teachers must have positive computer attitudes and feel self-efficacious in using them. The computer training that teachers receive through their teacher...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology, Change, Databases
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Integrating Technology into Preservice Teacher Education Method Courses: A Unique Business/University Partnership for Staff Development
Ellen Hoffman; Laura Rosenzweig; Joyce Morris; Christy Faison
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 540–547
Recognizing that changing teacher education is a key requirement for chang-ing K-12 teacher practices, Apple Computer developed the Apple Summer Institute for Teacher Education, more commonly referred to as "Camp Apple" by the 42 participants who ...
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Technology for Teachers: Another Perspective of the Implementation
John R. Ouyang; James E. Yao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 80–83
As computer technology getting more and more advanced, educators have accepted the assumption that computer has a potential to renovate education and is necessary to enhance effective teaching and learning. However, computer is a tool and the...
Topics: Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology
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Using Videotape Vignettes to Enhance Inservice Teacher Perceptions of Computers as Tools for Student Learning.
Ronald J. Abate
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1016–1021
This study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of using videotape to enhance inservice teachers' perceptions of computers as tools for instruction. The function of the videotapes was to set a context for classroom technology use prior to...
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Re-Conceptualizing the Linked Courses Model
Mary Baxter
AACE Journal Vol. 16, No. 2 (April 2008) pp. 127–135
To help students meet the demands of society, the University of Houston is using the framework of learning communities and constructivism to create a cross-disciplinary approach to teaching to provide media-rich thematically linked courses to engage ...
Topics: Computers, Community, Teachers, Educational Technology, Multimedia, Social Studies, Attitudes, Faculty, Collaboration, Teaching Methods, Adults, Behavior, Classrooms, Students
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WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT—WE NEED THE TEACHERS TO RUN IT
Davenport Plumer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 704–708
For at least the past decade national, state, local and philanthropic policies have focused on the goal of getting more computers into the schools and more computers connected to the Internet. These policies reflect the belief that Information...