Teaching Genocide through GIS: A Transformative Approach

Paul G. Fitchett; Amy J. Good

Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas Vol. 85, No. 3 (2012) pp. 87–92

The utilization of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and geobrowsers (Google Earth) have become increasingly prevalent in the study of genocide. These applications offer teachers and students the opportunity to analyze historical and...

Technology Integration in Social Studies Methods Courses: Relevant Literature in the First Decade of the 21st Century

Christy G. Keeler; Amy J. Good; Scott M. Waring

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 5253–5256

Motivated by critical reflection of their own practice and the NETS-T standards, three methods instructors present a review of the literature surrounding technology integration into social studies methods courses for teacher candidates. The results...

Multicultural Media Authorship: Using Technology to Create Children's Literature Texts

Erik Jon Byker; Amy J. Good; Erin Miller; Brian Kissel

Multicultural Education Vol. 25, No. 2 (2018) pp. 22–25

The purpose of this article is to describe and report on how a group of teacher candidates used technology to create multicultural texts which integrated literacy and social studies. To meet this purpose, the authors briefly describe the objectives...

Collaborating Across the Miles: Telecollaboration in a Social Studies Methods Course

Amy J. Good; Katherine A. O'Connor; H. Carol Greene; Eric F. Luce

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 5, No. 3 (2005) pp. 300–317

This study considers the enrichment of social studies methods through the integration of videoconferencing in a telecollaborative format. The purpose in developing this study was threefold: (a) to describe the perspectives of teacher candidates...

Topics: Preservice Teachers, collaborative learning, education, teacher education, Instructional Design, Elementary Education, Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, teacher preparation, Professional Development, Collaboration, Computer-supported collaborative learning

Voices in Videoconferencing: Technology Integration in Teacher Education Courses

Katherine A. O'Connor; Terry S. Atkinson; Melissa N. Matusevich; H Carol Greene; Carol Pope; Amy J. Good

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 23, No. 2 (2007) pp. 45–52

This manuscript describes the efforts of several instructors who incorporated videoconferencing in their teacher education courses at two large universities in the southeastern United States. Professors preparing teachers to teach elementary and...