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Bergeson, Kristi Tamte; Beschorner, Beth – Reading Horizons, 2021
Preservice teachers (PSTs) often feel unprepared to utilize digital tools in meaningful ways that support learning in the elementary classroom. It is imperative that teacher preparation programs provide support in this area so that children can learn to use digital tools to communicate in the 21st century. Previous research suggests that the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Technology Integration
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Tkach, Rochelle; Gallagher, Tiffany L. – Reading Horizons, 2020
Research on this intervention program aimed to address whether digital technology (i.e., apps on tablets) contributes to struggling early readers' (4-6 years old) on-task behavior and level of engagement while learning prerequisite emergent literacy skills (e.g., phonemic awareness, phonics, word recognition and decoding). The research also…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Handheld Devices, Technology Integration, Multimedia Instruction
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Moore-Hart, Margaret A. – Reading Horizons, 2008
This study investigates how two elementary teachers begin to use technology in a private school that had access to technology at many levels. Using a collaborative teacher-research model, the researcher specifically examined how to support teachers' practice as they integrated technology tools within their literacy curriculum. Due to a supportive…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Technology Integration, Teacher Collaboration, Literacy
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Hall, Valerie G.; Dixey, Brenda P.; Nierstheimer, Susan L.; O'Brien, David G. – Reading Horizons, 1997
Recounts the journey of three literacy teachers learning about classroom use of computers and developing a computer-driven unit on Australian animals. Describes the learning process--the teachers wanted their students to have positive experiences with computers. States that, as a result of the experience, an interactive unit was developed that…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Tao, Liqing; Ziomek, Nancy M. – Reading Horizons, 2006
What can we realistically expect teacher educators to do with technology, given the contexts in which they find themselves, the skills that they bring to their contexts, and the changes that they would need to make? We attempt to answer this question through three self-studies as we integrated technology into methods courses and student teaching…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Case Studies, Educational Technology, Methods Courses
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Atkinson, Terry S.; Williams, Sarah C. – Reading Horizons, 2006
Ten university graduate students created electronic case studies describing the learning of struggling readers as a part of this study designed to yield insights about literacy education and the efficacy of electronic case study development. A variety of data, analyzed through a qualitative content analysis, revealed understandings regarding…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Content Analysis, Case Studies, Reading Instruction