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The purpose of the two studies reported in this article was to measure the effects of a computerized professional development program for a concept teaching routine. For each study, teachers were randomly assigned to either a virtual workshop group that used a multimedia software program for PD or an actual workshop group that participated in a live PD session. These two studies demonstrate that computerized professional development programs can be designed in ways that teachers gain a great deal of knowledge about an instructional practice and express high levels of satisfaction with what they have learned and how they have learned it.
Published: 2010
Updated: Sep. 19, 2011
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In this case study, the authors examine whether student construction of digital documentaries on curriculum-based topics may offer potential to both support students’ acquisition of content knowledge and their engagement in authentic intellectual work. To explore this potential, the authors document two teachers’ efforts to engage their students in a 5-day digital documentary project to challenge their students to more fully understand Irish immigration in the early 19th century. In the end, the authors were encouraged that digital documentaries provided opportunities for students to engage in authentic intellectual work in the context of this standards-based curriculum.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 04, 2011
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This paper proposes a relatively radical hypothesis: Textbooks as educational tools are outdated and in need of reconceptualization. Furthermore, the authors believe that present technology affords us the opportunity to experiment with this reconceptualization in ways that not only facilitate teaching and learning but also redefine the role of the teacher in the classroom. The authors investigate one example of the intersection between technology and pedagogy, describing a college course in which students compose the course text using the wiki platform. This initiative is taking place at Old Dominion University in Norfolk Virginia.
Published: 2011
Updated: Aug. 28, 2011
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This study describes a project which its purpose was to test a technologically enhanced approach to the classroom instruction of preservice teachers and pre-professional daycare providers to facilitate the merging of traditional teacher education with modern technology. The results indicate that the participants preferred the remote video observations over the traditional onsite observation methods in terms of convenience and the unprecedented opportunities for open discourse during the live observations.
Published: 2011
Updated: Aug. 23, 2011
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This article examined surveys from online courses that used a unique 5-week distance learning model designed for K–12 educators. This mixed-method study examined the concepts of presence, online interaction, participant satisfaction, and the impact of this online professional development experience on teaching. The findings illustrate a unique portrait of teacher, social, and cognitive presence as they related to this online professional development experience. The authors conclude that the data supports that the online learning environment, quality of instruction, interactions and resources, and design of the model contributed to participant learning and overall satisfaction with this online professional development experience.
Published: 2010
Updated: Aug. 23, 2011
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This study explored the impact of an online course on teacher participants’ developing knowledge for integrating dynamic spreadsheets in teaching at the elementary and middle school levels. The authors asked what is the impact of this online course about integrating dynamic spreadsheets as learning tools in science and mathematics on the teachers’ TPACK? As this study demonstrated, online programs have potential for providing opportunities and access for teachers to expand their knowledge for teaching their content with multiple technologies and thus extend teachers’ PCK to TPACK
Published: 2010
Updated: Aug. 23, 2011
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This study explores preservice teachers’ intention to adopt Web 2.0 services in their future classrooms. The findings indicate that the reinforcement of salient beliefs, such as ease of use, usefulness, and facilitation, will enhance preservice teachers’ intention to adopt new technologies.
Published: 2010
Updated: Aug. 23, 2011
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The current study evaluated the multi-user virtual environment known as Second Life, as an exploratory course delivery platform and for its ability to enable teachers to meet elements of NETS•T. The researcher collected data from 17 graduate students enrolled in a master’s degree program in educational leadership in a southeastern state university. The Second Life multi-user virtual environment appears to be a promising environment that fosters high levels of engagement in adult learners, supports synchronous online class activities.
Published: 2010
Updated: Aug. 23, 2011
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This article describes the third administration of a survey of technology use among social studies teacher education faculty members across United States. The study explores the beliefs, practices, and efficacy of social studies faculty members in terms of instructional technology use. The findings demonstrate that familiarity with the National Educational Technology Standards, as well as confidence with technology, are related to the frequency and type of technology that social studies faculty members utilize in their courses.
Published: 2009
Updated: Aug. 23, 2011
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This study explores how elementary education majors at a Midwestern university portray themselves on social networking sites. Results indicate that of the 471 students in the elementary education major, 76% had a profile on Facebook at the time of data collection. Of the 471 elementary education majors, 153 students had an active, fully accessible profile on Facebook. Of the 153 fully accessible profiles that were examined, 56% contained inappropriate material. The authors recommend that teacher educators must explicitly and forcefully teach their students that their behavior in and out of the classroom does matter.
Published: 2009
Updated: Aug. 23, 2011