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Miller, Wendy; Williams, Rachel Marie-Crane – Art Education, 2013
Teachers want to capitalize on their students' desire to to be virtually connected outside of the classroom and part of a participatory dialog shared with others interested in art and teaching. Blogging offers a way for students to connect with each other and maintain that connection across the miles of cornfields, wind-swept prairies, country…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Preservice Teacher Education
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Saunders, Edward – Educational Gerontology, 2004
Two prominent trends are simultaneously occurring in our society today: the aging of our population and an increased reliance on computers. Through a federal grant, Iowa Legal Aid provides computers in 85 rural senior citizen centers across Iowa to foster increased knowledge about program services for the elderly and to enhance their social…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Legal Aid
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Henning, John E.; Robinson, Victoria L.; Herring, Mary Corwin; McDonald, Terri – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2007
This study examined the teacher work samples of 197 student teachers to determine their level of technology integration during student teaching. Findings indicated that most student teachers planned to use some kind of technology, although only 40% planned to include computers and less than 20% planned for the use of computers by students. The…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Work Sample Tests, Technology Integration
Jarchow, Elaine; And Others – 1995
The Iowa Distance Education Alliance (IDEA) is a partnership involving educational institutions across Iowa that have received funding from the Federal Star Schools Program to demonstrate the use of the Iowa Communication Network's (ICN) fiber optic technology for elementary and secondary education. First-year activities focused on teacher…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wetzel, Keith; Strudler, Neal – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2006
This descriptive study investigated the benefits and costs of using electronic portfolios (EPs) in preservice teacher education by examining the voices of students in six programs thought to be mature in their implementation. Benefits included opportunities to reflect, better access to and organization of professional documents, increased…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Program Implementation, Cost Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness
Houghton, Mary – 1997
With strong backing from the federal government, states and school districts are in the midst of a major push to put technology in the hands of America's teachers and students. Their efforts seek to equip schools and classrooms with computers, educational software, school-based computer networks, and links to both statewide and global information…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Cooperation, Educational Finance