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Polly, Drew; Ausband, Leigh – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2009
In this study, 32 teachers participated in a year-long professional development project related to technology integration in which they designed and implemented a WebQuest. This paper describes the extent to which higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) and levels of technology implementation (LoTI) occur in the WebQuests that participants designed.…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
Ardley, Jillian – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2009
This article describes the transformations that took place as two veteran teachers grappled with the insertion of video-mediated videoconferencing (VMC) for practicums during an initial study that focused on teacher candidates. Through their stories, the following themes were identified: teacher as risk-taker, VMC as a motivating device to…
Descriptors: Practicums, College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Teaching Methods
Bennett, Kristin Redington; Cunningham, Ann C. – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2009
Appropriate classroom assessment now tends to utilize formative measures with greater frequency, especially in the early grades and with learner groups at risk of not passing state-mandated standardized tests. Within the authentic context of an action research project, teacher candidates were given handheld computers equipped with data-collection…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Research Projects, Action Research, Formative Evaluation
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O'Connor, Katherine A.; Atkinson, Terry S.; Matusevich, Melissa N.; Greene, H. Carol; Pope, Carol; Good, Amy J. – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2007
This manuscript describes the efforts of several instructors who incorporated videoconferencing in their teacher education courses at two large universities in the southeastern United States. Professors preparing teachers to teach elementary and middle school examined their interactive videoconference experiences linking preservice teachers with…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Education Courses, Middle Schools
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Kurz-McDowell, Nicole J.; Hannafin, Robert D. – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2004
The current study investigated six teachers, three in second grade and three in fourth grade, and their beliefs about learning, instruction, and technology. The first significant finding was that the teachers who held objectivist notions about learning and instruction also held objectivist views concerning technology, and the teachers who…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Grade 4, Grade 2, Elementary School Teachers
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Bowes, Kathleen A.; Serotkin, Rita – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
This article describes the implementation of a state-funded grant, the challenges that emerged, and the lessons learned. This yearlong grant, Technology[superscript 3], provided the resources for university faculty, teacher candidates, and cooperating teachers to integrate technology. Findings from the grant did not indicate significant changes in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Elementary Education, Educational Technology