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Laura McNeill; Mohammad Mohi Uddin; Lesley Regalado – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Although research exists on traditional and virtual internships, there is a significant gap in understanding virtual instructional technology (IT) internships for graduate students. Specifically, this study addresses three key areas: (1) the unique benefits and challenges experienced by graduate students in virtual IT internships, (2) the…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Educational Technology, Guided Pathways, Internship Programs
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Dotson, Kaye B.; Dotson-Blake, Kylie P. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
In today's technological world, school librarians planning to be leaders should be ready to keep up with advances in standards significant to the profession. The professional standards, specifically American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards and International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Coaches offer…
Descriptors: Library Science, Internship Programs, Standards, School Libraries
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Brown, Carol Adamec – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
"A logic model is a type of map." What better use for a map than when charting a course through internship activities, observations, and projects. In addition to coping with the expectations of many different stakeholders, planners of internships face demands for meeting academic goals and juggling time schedules. Logic model maps provide guidance…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Internship Programs, Models, Graduate Students
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TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
In 1978, Earl F. Strohbehn, professor of education at San Jose State University, established a trust fund through the ECT Foundation to help support a deserving graduate student's attendance at the Lake Okoboji (Iowa) Leadership conference. His mentor and friend, Lee Cochran, inspired the Okoboji conference to develop leaders in the field of…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Educational Technology, Conferences (Gatherings), Graduate Students
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York, Cindy S. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
In this article, the author encourages graduate students to apply for the ECT Foundation Internship. She presents a list of the top ten benefits the internship offers a graduate student's career: (1) It could change your life. It changed mine; (2) Networking; (3) Mentoring; (4) Leadership opportunities; (5) Behind the scenes pass; (6) Shadowing;…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Internship Programs, Educational Technology, Career Development
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Amankwatia, Tonya; Barbour, Michael; Inan, Fethi A.; Parker, Preston; Slagter van Tryon, Patricia J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
The 2006 Class of AECT Interns has from the outset been uniquely involved and proactive in supporting the goals of the ect Foundation and of AECT. This article further illustrates the good work this group is doing to support their mutual mission and goals. In the March/April 2007 issue of "Tech Trends," the authors outlined their plans for the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Educational Technology, Professional Associations, Program Development