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Candy Beal
NC State University
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Using Technology to Help Strike a Blow for Education and the Environment -- A Case Study in Real World Preservice Teacher Education
Candy Beal
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2478–2479
This research paper follows a process used to build a meaningful service learning project that integrated all core subjects and the arts and enabled preservice teachers to aid classroom teachers in teaching and learning about issue driven...
Topics: Teachers, Integration
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Preparing a Virtual Field Trip to Teach Value of Community and Sense of Place
Candy Beal
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2574–2575
This research paper discusses the value of engaging preservice teachers in the development of a virtual field trip. Research in psychology, sociology and education suggests the importance of engaging both teachers and students in activities that...
Topics: Teachers, Community, Preservice Teacher Education, Students
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Learning and Using Web Page Construction as a Vehicle to Teach Preservice Teachers How to Develop and Design Integrative Middle School Curricula Appropriate for Early Adolescents
Candy Beal
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1050–1051
This research paper examines a unique curriculum design project that was introduced to teach web page construction in the context of an undergraduate middle grades teacher education course. College students, some novice and some experts, developed ...
Topics: Students, Preservice Teacher Education, High Risk, Educational Technology, Teachers
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Using Web 2.0 to Support Learning in the Social Studies Context: Our Journey from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and Beyond
Lori Holcomb; Candy Beal
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3898–3900
From this presentation, educators will gain an insight in how to use Web 2.0 technologies in a social studies context. There is a growing importance for social studies educators to utilize Web 2.0 technologies as they continue to prepare students...
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Using 21st Century Technology Skills and Problem Based Learning to Move the Education System of a Nation into the 21st Century
Candy Beal; Lori Holcomb
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3198–3200
This presentation will discuss and reflect upon the recent educational changes the country of Ireland, through Educate Together, is undertaking in order to better prepare their students for the 21st century workforce. As part of this presentation,...
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Crossing Digital Bridges for Global Understanding
Candy Beal; Natalie Bates
Middle School Journal Vol. 41, No. 5 (May 2010) pp. 19–26
The international fantasy world that Walt Disney has developed, and others like it, are designed to create a global community experience for amusement park visitors. Disney's portrayal of many nations--their colorful dress, musical traditions, and...
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New Possibilities for Instructional Technology in Middle Grades Social Studies: Research Findings From the North Carolina’s Sixth Grade Goes to Russia Project
Pru Cuper; Candy Beal
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3097–3099
Research findings are reported on an NC State University web-based global education project, presented at SITE 2002, that involved 5,000 students and 50 teachers in a year-long study of Russia. Reported areas include: technology fluency;...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Social Studies, Students
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Using Web 2.0 to Support Learning in the Social Studies Context
Lori Holcomb; Candy Beal
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4897–4900
One of the unique characteristics of social studies is that it enables experiences that both reflect and represent democratic life. In much the same way emerging Web 2.0 technologies also enable experiences that reflect represent democratic life....
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How Graduate Teacher Education Students Addressed Timely Teaching and Learning Issues Through the Construction of a Website for Their Colleagues
Lisa Grable; Amanda Robertson; Candy Beal
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 778–779
This presentation will describe how a curriculum integration project implemented in a technology enabled environment became a component of an even larger technology project for preservice and graduate teacher education. The Wetlands 2000 Project is...
Topics: Teachers, Integration, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum
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Capitalizing on Web 2.0 in the Social Studies Context
Lori B. Holcomb; Candy M. Beal
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 54, No. 4 (July 2010) pp. 28–33
This paper focuses primarily on the integration of Web 2.0 technologies into social studies education. It documents how various Web 2.0 tools can be utilized in the social studies context to support and enhance teaching and learning. For the...
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The Russia Project: Building Digital Bridges and Meeting Adolescent Needs
Candy Beal; Pru Cuper; Pat Dalton
International Journal of Social Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (2005) pp. 1–13
The intent of good education is to meet the needs of learners. How educators go about meeting those needs varies from one context to the next, and has lately been affected by the advent of technology-enhanced learning tools. Today, computer...
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Forming a Help Yourself Yourself Club: Integrating Web-Based Technology to Teach Development Theories to Empower Early Adolescents
Matthew Ross; Candy Beal; Patricia Dalton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4574–4579
The challenge of reaching and meeting the learning needs of early adolescents has been a struggle for middle level educators for nearly two decades. Help Yourself, YourSELF! is an inventive collaboration among professors, undergraduates, pre...
Topics: Teachers, Adolescents
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They Teach Us How to Teach Them: Teacher Preparation for the 21st Century
Carol Pope; Candy Beal; Sheryl Long; Lodge McCammon
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 2011) pp. 324–349
This article describes an English language arts teacher preparation perspective that considers middle school students as part of the teacher educator team. Based on a recognized gap in the literature about students as powerful partners, the authors ...
Topics: English Language Arts, Teaching Methods, Collaboration, Curriculum, Literacy, Preservice Teacher Education, Middle School Education
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Reconstructing a School's Past Using Oral Histories and GIS Mapping
Marsha Alibrandi; Candy Beal; Ann Thompson; Anna Wilson
Social Education Vol. 64, No. 3 (2000) pp. 134–40
Describes an interdisciplinary project that incorporated language arts, social studies, instructional technology, and science where middle school students were involved in oral history, Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, architectural...
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Establishing a Two-Way Digital Bridge that Increases Partners’ Technology Expertise and Promotes Global Understanding; The EE-PALS Project, Email Exchange – Partners Across Learning Spaces
Matthew Ross; Candy Beal; Debbie Andrews; Carol Pope
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2081–2082
The EE-PALS Project seeks to virtually connect teachers and students in Russia with their counterparts in the United States. The purpose is to determine if email exchanges and joint technology projects will enable students and teachers to broaden...
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North Carolina's Sixth Graders Go to Russia A global Education/curriculum Integration Project that Redefines the Virtual Field Trip and Makes Social Studies Education in a Technology Enabled Environment Meaningful and Exciting
James Clark; Amanda Robertson; Matthew Ross; Candy Beal; Bill Beal; Pru Cuper; Mary Davis; Judy Lambert
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2168–2169
This project traces the three year development of preservice teachers' global technology projects from the after-the-fact journaling accounts of a research trip to Russia to a year long research study about Russia involving hundreds of sixth grade...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Middle School Education, Teachers, Educational Technology, Students
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Ridges and Bridges: MentorNet Collaboration Yields a Watershed of Preservice Infusion
Lisa Grable; Hiller Spires; Judy Lambert; Candy Beal; John Park; Hollylynne Drier; Marsha Alibrandi
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1642–1646
Mandatory technology requirements for student teachers have put faculty in teacher education programs in the position of being responsible for a learning environment enriched with technology. This paper addresses the processes being used by NC...
Topics: Faculty, Educational Technology, Teachers
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The Voices of North Carolina Professional Development Initiative: A New Literacies Approach to Teaching Language Effectively in the Middle Grades
Carl Young; John Lee; Carol Pope; Candy Beal; Walt Wolfram; Jeff Reaser; Sheryl Long
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4672–4678
This paper describes a professional development initiative facilitated by university faculty aimed at providing middle grades teachers with an innovative new literacies approach to teaching language more effectively. Teachers were provided with...
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Multi-Modal Technology and Literature Revisited: Building a New Teacher Preparation Model for the 21st Century Using 21st Century Tools
Carol Pope; Candy Beal; Lodge McCammon; Melissa Edwards; Joy Clarke; Ji-eun Suh
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2603–2605
Abstract: This paper updates research findings on the 2006 SITE presentation, a multi-modal technology project investigating the role of technology in teaching literature and preparing teachers. A middle school team, university students, and...
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Building Digital Bridges to Global Understanding: Research Findings on the 2004 EE-PALS Project Informs the 2005 Project
Candy Beal; Amanda Robertson; Carol Pope; Kathy Godfrey; Debbie Andrews; Clare McGrath; Lodge McCammon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2473–2475
Abstract: The EE-PALS team returns to report finding from their Digital Bridges to Global Understanding EE-PALS project that was implemented in 2004 and reported on at the SITE 2005 conference. In addition to data findings, the newly revised EE...
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Going Global: Using a Website Development project to Teach Technology Integration, Enhance Global Perspective and Empower Students to Inagine the Teaching Possibilities in Their Own technology Enabled Classrooms
James Clark; Marsha Alibrandi; Carol Pope; Shannon White; Amanda Robertson; Candy Beal
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1020–1021
The Great Ghana Website is part of a larger project, Going Global: Cross Cultural Conversations Around the World. The website project seeks to help graduate and undergraduate students enlarge their global perspective while developing technology...
Topics: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Students, Classrooms, Middle School Education
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Global Literacies Initiative Project: Lessons Learned in Designing and Implementing a Global Learning Collaborative
Lori Holcomb; Candy Beal; John Lee; Bethany Smith; Carol Pope; Michael Pringle
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3224–3226
Built to be a Web 2.0 curriculum integration project, the Global Learning Initiative Project (GLIP) is a multi-modal effort that enables students to research and discover answers to global questions, all the while interacting and working...
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Developing Global Connections Through Project Based Learning: The Global Learning Initiative Project
Lori Holcomb; Candy Beal; John Lee; Amanda Robertson; Bethany Smith; Michael Pringle
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2510–2512
Built to be a Web 2.0 curriculum integration project, the Global Learning Initiative Project (GLIP) is a multi-modal effort that enables students to research and discover answers to global questions, all the while interacting and working...
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Direction, magnitude, and constructive chaos: Identifying the vectors of technological change in a college of education
Marsha Alibrandi; Candy Beal; Lisa Grable; Hiller Spires; Eric Wiebe; Kathryn Moore
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1700–1707
The faculty of the NC State College of Education (CED) is in the process of transforming its organizational culture to better support educators as they deal with a changing technological landscape. We are developing and refining a model for change...
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Multi-Modal Technology & Literature: Building a Model for Teacher Preparation
Carol Pope; Candy Beal; Melissa Gilbert; Ji-eun Suh; Lodge McCammon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3017–3019
Abstract: This paper describes a multi-modal technology project that researched the role of technology in teaching literature and preparing teachers. A middle school team, university students, and professors explored The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)...
Topics: Teachers, Schools, Middle School Education, Students
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Digital Video and New Literacies: Vignettes from the Field, Part 1
Candy Beal; Lori Holcomb; John Lee; Meghan Manfra; Kevin Oliver; Carol Pope; P. g. Schrader; Hiller Spires; Carl Young
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3876–3880
In this symposium, we will present an overview of creative and disciplinary uses of digital video in teacher education. Eight presenters will introduce a theoretical context for their work and vignettes from their projects. Mishra & Koehler’s (2006)...