Online Professional Development: Reaching Across One State to Veteran Teachers

Terry S. Atkinson; Katherine A. O'Connor

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3038–3044

This presentation relates to the use of information technology in teacher education, specifically inservice instruction for veteran and novice teachers. The innovative project to be described allows all K-8 public school teachers across North...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods

Establishing Professional Development Partnerships Online: Reaching Out to Veteran Teachers

Terry S. Atkinson; Katherine A. O'Connor

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 51, No. 3 (May 2007) pp. 21–29

This article describes a study on the module-based online professional development project. The professional development model providing a basis for the Reading CEU (continuing education unit) Module Project involved four groups of stakeholders:...

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...