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Building a Technology Foundation for Future Teachers.
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Davison, Leslie J.; Burr, David; Eberlein, Jean C.; Fuchs, Daniel J.; Saucedo, Lupita; Steffen, Bob H. – TechTrends, 2000
A faculty member in teacher development presents her perspectives of technology use, requirements, and students' problems. Five students in her Introduction to Education class give their viewpoints of technology use in their classes and discuss their perspective as future teachers. Problems of technology in the classroom are identified, followed…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Student Attitudes
Geek Learning.
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Clark, Caleb John – TechTrends, 2000
Defines a "geek" as a person in love with technology, computers, and the Internet, and suggests ways that technology-training professionals can discover their "inner geek" to improve their ability to design appropriate learning and performance systems. Presents actions to take and examples for game playing; exploring; embracing technology;…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Teaching Style and Technology.
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Zisow, Marcie A. – TechTrends, 2000
A fourth-grade teacher suggests the key to successfully adapting new technologies lies in teacher style, not in technology. She discusses technological advancement and continued resistance to change, the specific computer skills included in her units, and reactions from fellow teachers, and suggests a new teaching model that would place children…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Preparing Preservice Teachers To Use Technology: Survey Results.
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Whetstone, Lori; Carr-Chellman, Alison A. – TechTrends, 2001
Examines preservice teachers' (PSTs) perceptions of technology and their future plans for implementation. The survey results raise general implications for teacher preparation programs. The major implication is that although computers are seen as important, PSTs are not preparing themselves to implement them successfully and powerfully into…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Planning
Changes in Primary Students' Computer Literacy as a Function of Classroom Use and Gender.
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Hackbarth, Steven L. – TechTrends, 2001
Assessments were made of fourth grade students' attitudes toward computers, their computer vocabulary, and their estimates of classroom access at the end of the academic year 2000. Findings indicate that teachers need sustained hands-on guidance in learning to design and schedule classroom computer activities that both relate to the curriculum and…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Building Citizens via Technological Efficiency in the School.
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Sewall, Angela Maynard – TechTrends, 1996
Educators who do not learn to use computers and the information highway in the classroom may be depriving themselves and their students of opportunities to access information and develop skills. This article describes how K-12 and higher education teachers should approach and use technology for management, collaboration, and conferencing. Software…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Attitudes, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education