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The Digital Divide in Classrooms: Teacher Technology Comfort and Evaluations
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Dornisch, Michele – Computers in the Schools, 2013
A disconnect exists between students' comfort with using technology for learning and teachers' comfort in using technology for teaching. Students report the desire for more engaging technology-based assignments. Teachers cite multiple reasons for their hesitancy to use technology in their teaching. The current study investigates whether…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Role of Computers in Educating Young Children: U.S. and Japanese Teachers' Perspectives
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Joshi, Arti; Pan, Alex; Murakami, Masaru; Narayanan, Shankar – Computers in the Schools, 2010
This study was conducted with kindergarten teachers in the United States and Japan with respect to their beliefs about the role of computers in educating young children. Overall findings indicated significant differences in responses of teachers in the two countries. Generally, U.S. teachers had a more positive attitude toward computers in…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes
After the In-Service Course Challenges of Technology Integration
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Frederick, Gregory R.; Schweizer, Heidi; Lowe, Robert – Computers in the Schools, 2006
This case study chronicles one teacher's experience in the semester after an in-service course, Using Technology for Instruction and Assessment. Results suggest that success in the course and good intentions do not necessarily translate into dramatic change in methods or media of instruction. Student mobility and special needs, unexpected…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Educational Technology, Inservice Teacher Education, Technology Integration
Redesigning the Teacher Education Technology Course to Emphasize Integration
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Graham, Charles; Culatta, Richard; Pratt, Mitchell; West, Richard – Computers in the Schools, 2004
Teacher education programs in the United States are trying to equip tomorrow's teachers with the technology skills needed to impact learning in the classroom. During the past decade there has been a realization that teaching technology skills alone is not adequate-- pre-service teachers must also learn how to integrate the use of technology into…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Principles of Technology Integration and Curriculum Development: A Faculty Design Team Approach
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Waddoups, Greg L.; Wentworth, Nancy; Earle, Rodney – Computers in the Schools, 2004
To better prepare pre-service candidates for teaching in the information age, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has defined National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) to guide technology integration into teacher education programs. Based on these standards, Brigham Young University (BYU) has implemented strategies…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Computer Literacy, Teacher Education Programs
Integrating Technology in a Geometry Classroom: Issues for Teaching.
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Pokay, Patricia A.; Tayeh, Carla – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Based on a college-level geometry course, presents practical suggestions for integrating exploratory computer applications into the mathematics classroom. Reveals that students need more experimental time with technology to reduce anxiety, and assessments need to be developed and implemented to tap the outcomes of problem solving and higher level…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Literacy, Critical Thinking, Discovery Learning