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O'Connor, Eileen A. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2010
To determine if and how using immersive virtual platforms might further educational purposes, the report examines three graduate, teacher-education, online courses that were conducted in part in Second Life (SL). By studying students' SL-related debriefings and assignments, by considering the type, format, and scheduling of SL events, and by…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teacher Education Programs, Online Courses, Computer Uses in Education
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Walsh, Christopher S. – Literacy, 2007
Many school literacy practices ignore adolescents' new digitally mediated subjectivity as it has been shaped by the new media age. Youth possess often unappreciated repertories of practice which allow them to use their imagination and creativity to combine print, visual and digital modes in combinations that can be applied to new educational,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Literacy, Adolescents, Multimedia Materials
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2008
This instructor's guide is a tool to help instructors promote the concepts of safe mercury and chemical management in schools. It contains three types of materials: (1) Guidance for the instructor/facilitator on conducting the training course (Section I); (2) A copy of all presentations with talking points as appropriate (Section II); and (3)…
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials, Risk, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Crocco, Margaret Smith; Cramer, Judith – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2004
Reporting on a PT[superscript 3] grant-funded technology initiative involving social studies preservice students at Teachers College, Columbia University, this article seeks to illumine the many-faceted "digital divide." Data collected between 2000 and 2003 from preservice students and first-year alumni teaching in metropolitan New York…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Urban Universities, Educational Technology, Teacher Educators
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Cohen, Marvin; Tally, Bill – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2004
The ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Standards have put technology integration "on the map" for teacher educators, creating a useful reference point for guiding new teachers toward appropriate technology uses. The authors reflect on their work at a progressive teacher education college, assessing the strengths and…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Standards, Inquiry
Foster, Herbert L., Ed.; Whittaker, Catherine J. R., Ed. – Forum, 1987
This document consists of five consecutive volumes (19 issues) of the newsletter of the New York State Federation of Chapters of Council for Exceptional Children, covering the 5-year period 1987-1991. Selected major articles from the last three years are are follows (only first author noted); (1) "Whole Language and Special Education"…
Descriptors: Art Education, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship