Describes the development of learning communities among student teachers, university supervisors, and master teachers to increase the quantity and quality of technology integration in student teaching experiences. Project TALENT (Teaching and Leading for Educational Needs with Technology), funded by the Department of Education's PT3 (Preparing…

Discusses five categories of obstacles to successful technology integration in the classroom: Time, Expertise, Access, Resources, and Support (TEARS). A chart outlines the obstacles and possible solutions. Similarity of obstacles to usage of film in the classroom 50 years ago is noted. (PEN)

Examines three workshop formats designed to help faculty incorporate technology into their on-campus and distance teaching. Describes weekly workshops held throughout the academic year, one-week intensive workshops, and weekly workshops for eight weeks, and concludes that support for faculty is the most important factor in successful technology…

Washington State University has adopted a new long-term immersion model for incorporating technology into teaching in which teachers invest fewer than 20 hours over 16 weeks getting used to the idea of teaching with technology before committing themselves to using it in the classroom. This article examines the four-step approach, its…

Reports on the Association for Educational Technology (AECT) Summer Leadership Institute (Montreal, Canada, July 2000). The Institute opened with icebreaker activities. Then the results of last year's summer institute were reviewed. Participants re-acted to the fuzzy cognitive map that was generated last year. AECT and its future, Web-based…

Discusses effective professional development in education and describes a frame for professional development in the context of teaching with technology. Explains the use of PLATE (Plan for Learning And Teaching with Educational Technology) for a higher education faculty in a teacher education program and discusses the impact on students. (LRW)

Explains the Big6 model of information problem solving as a conceptual framework for learning and teaching information and technology skills. Highlights include information skills; examples of integrating technology in Big6 contexts; and the Big6 and the Internet, including email, listservs, chat, Web browsers, search engines, portals, Web…

Describes the program at Georgia State University's Department of Early Childhood Education that trains teachers to integrate technology into their elementary classrooms. Discusses the International Society for Technology in Education standards; shared vision for the preservice teacher education program; skilled faculty in educational technology;…

Discussion of the successful adoption and use of information technology in education focuses on teacher's personal philosophical beliefs and how they influence the successful integration of technology. Highlights include beliefs and teacher behavior; changing teachers' beliefs; and using technology to affect change in teachers' visions and…

Discusses the role of the teacher in effectively using technology in education based on the Technology Integration Project (TIP). Topics include why use technology; types of computer software; how to select software; software integration strategies; and effectively planning lessons that integrate the chosen software and integration strategy. (LRW)

Reviews the evolving content and methods of technology training in teacher education from the 1920s to the present. Highlights include the effect of computer technology; teacher use versus student use of technology; and the need to teach how to use and integrate traditional media in classroom instruction as well as computer media. (LRW)

Offers recommendations about the appropriate role of technology in higher education: too much technology in your class can be negative; technology can intimidate if students have not been uniformly prepared before its use; students can be unforgiving if technology fails; technology-assisted process can be more important than the product developed;…

Proposes a way of thinking that integrates technology into elementary education. Describes the first four years of efforts at the University of Colorado at Denver to integrate technology into its preservice teacher education program. Outlines information and learning technologies skills, knowledge, and attitudes for two teacher training courses.…

Describes a reflexive approach to technology training for preservice teachers blending elements from competency-based and integrative models so that students use technology as learner and teacher. Discusses technology portfolios as an instructional strategy, metacognitive strategies for self-understanding, and modeling and peer tutoring. (PEN)

Discusses the need for preservice teacher competencies in technology and describes the development of performance-based technology competencies at the University of Northern Iowa that were based on several national standards documents. Highlights include equipment operation, supporting information literacy, and technology integration in specific…