Search results for author:"Gregory MacKinnon"
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Two Innovative Approaches to Using Databases in Teacher Education
Gregory MacKinnon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2959–2965
The education of teachers necessarily involves instruction around the use of computer technologies. Acadia University, a laptop institution, offers a unique setting where students are immersed in the critique of pedagogical applications of computers....
Topics: Databases, Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers
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Teaching Biotechnology: A Model for Building a Resource Base
Gregory MacKinnon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4701–4704
Abstract: Biotechnology is an increasingly important strand of applied broad-based technology. Acadia University, School of Education has introduced a new course entitled "Teaching Biotechnology". This course has been designed to prepare students...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Contentious Issues in Science Education: Building Critical Thinking Patterns Through Two-Dimensional Concept Mapping
Gregory MacKinnon
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 15, No. 4 (October 2006) pp. 433–445
Using a survey and follow-up qualitative research design, an elaborate model of technology integration has been studied in a science education classroom. Using a coding system known as cognotes, teacher-interns were first taught how to recognize...
Topics: Science, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Teachers, Educational Technology, Information Communication Technologies
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Technology and Pedagogy: The Evolution of A Curriculum
Margaret Brown; Gregory MacKinnon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1552–1556
Acadia University was the first laptop university in Canada. Being first has had its challenges. This paper discusses how between 1996 and 2000 a School of Education has adapted to the new technologies and made efforts to incorporate them...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Curriculum, Faculty
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Coding Electronic Discussion to Promote Critical Thinking: A Cross-Curricular Teacher Education Approach
Joanne Pelletier; Margaret Brown; Gregory MacKinnon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1372–1374
Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada offers unparalleled opportunities to conduct action research on the innovative use of instructional technologies. This laptop institution (the first in Canada) supplies some 4000 students with ...
Topics: Networking Technologies, Educational Technology, Computers