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Rodriguez, Shelly R.; Harron, Jason R.; DeGraff, Michael W. – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2018
"Making" has been used to describe an internally motivated iterative design process that embodies notions of playful building and tinkering. Recently, interest in applying making to PK-12 education has increased. As schools add facilities dedicated to making, there is a need to support teachers in effectively utilizing these makerspaces.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, STEM Education, Performance Factors, Educational Environment
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Peterson, Lana; Scharber, Cassandra – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2018
Makerspaces are the latest educational movement that may disrupt the "grammar of schooling." Makerspaces may change the ways schools use technology; change the ways schools engage in learning and teaching; and change the forms of learning that count in schools. However, without deliberate professional learning and planning, the glamor of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Training Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Models
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Bang, EunJin; Luft, Julie A. – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2013
This study examined the technology use of beginning secondary science teachers and explored factors facilitating or inhibiting their use of technology. The researchers collected and analyzed interviews and observational data from 95 teachers over a 5-year period. The results show that teachers used PowerPoint the most and other software the least…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science, Classroom Environment
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Parker, Michele; Ndoye, Abdou; Ritzhaupt, Albert D. – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2012
In the last decade, e-portfolios have moved to the forefront of teacher preparation programs across the United States. With its widespread use, faculty and administrators need to understand teacher candidates' perspectives to meet their needs. In the present study, the researchers gathered in-depth information from 244 students who were required…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), College Students, Teacher Education Programs, Learning Experience
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Holmes, Aliya; Signer, Barbara; MacLeod, Antoinette – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2011
This paper uses a mixed-method approach to examine the efficacy of a 5-week distance learning model that offered 2-credit courses for K-12 inservice teachers as a form of professional development. This study examined the experiences of the inservice teachers across online professional development courses and analyzed participant surveys from this…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Inservice Teacher Education