Virtual Field Experiences: Helping Pre-Service Teachers Learn about Diverse Classrooms through Video Conferencing Connections with K-12 Classrooms

James Lehman; Jennifer Richardson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1727–1728

Field placements for future teachers must address issues such as diversity and technology use. Video conferencing technologies can help pre-service teachers to observe and interact with K-12 classrooms at a distance. New IP-based video...

Topics: Teachers, Video, Classrooms, Students

Developing A Large-Scale, Web-Based, Professional Electronic Portfolio System:

Jennifer Richardson; James Lehman

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2180–2182

Electronic portfolios offer a powerful tool for students to demonstrate mastery of performance-based standards. Purdue's School of Education developed a large-scale, web-based, electronic portfolio system. which relies on a web-based interface to a...

Topics: Professional Development, Standards, Portfolios, Students

Evaluating the Impact of Videocase Modeling on Preservice Teachers' Self-Efficacy toward Technology Integration

Krista Glazewski; Jennifer Richardson; James Lehman

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3326–3328

Researchers frequently argue the need for providing models technology integration for pre-service teachers. However, a problem has been locating adequate, age-appropriate models. Recently, several researchers have suggest videocases may meet this...

Topics: Teachers, Integration

Building Community in Adult Education Cohorts Using Social Media

Jennifer Pena; James Bartlett; Christopher Flowers

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 1575–1579

This paper presents the potential for social media use to create and enhance a sense of community in adult education cohorts. It discloses some history of social media in education, barriers to the incorporation of this media, examples of its...

Topics: Instructional Design

Impact of Asynchronous Online Discussions: A Study of Implementation in Two Large-Enrollment Blended Courses

James Lehman; Jennifer Richardson; Peggy Ertmer; Timothy Newby; John Campbell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2928–2936

Asynchronous online discussions are widely used in online and blended courses. This study examined the implementation of online discussions in two large-enrollment undergraduate courses, one in engineering and one in education, which were taught...

Identifying the Technological Needs of the Special Needs Teacher

James W. Forgan; Perry L. Schoon; Jennifer L. Singler; Roberta K. Weber

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1585–1588

Who is choosing the computer software for learners with exceptionalities and special needs at your school? Is the selection and purchase of software delegated to the technology specialist or a committee of classroom teachers? Has the special...

Topics: Software, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Computers, Teachers

Lessons on Faculty Development from a PT3 Partnership

Ronald Abate; James Meinke; Pam Cook; Mary Jo Cherry; Jennifer Merritt

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1172–1177

This PT3 strand session describes the faculty professional development efforts of the MIMIC Project (Modeling Instruction With Modern Information and Communications Technologies), a Preparing Tomorrow?s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3)...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Professional Development, Faculty, Information Communication Technologies

K-12 School Business Administrators and Technology, What They Use; What they Want?

Elsa-Sofia Morote; Albert Inserra; Jennifer Bolton; Robert Manley; James Brucia

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3517–3523

Fifty-eight percent of k-12 school business administrators in the Western New York region participated in a survey, in which actual and ideal computer use was assessed in three categories: basic, job specific, and information sharing. We found that...

Topics: Schools, Business, Administrators, Computers

Modeling Instruction with Modern Information and Communications Technology: the MIMIC Project

Ronald Abate; Jennifer Cutler-Merritt; James Meinke; Mary Jo Cherry; David Shutkin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1823–1828

This paper describes the MIMIC Project a U. S. Department of Education Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology implementation grant. In this project colleges of education at five Ohio universities are collaborating to increase the modeling...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Students

Exploring Community College Faculty Attitudes Towards Training to Use Technology for Learning: A Case of Q Methodology

James Bartlett; Christopher Flowers; Jennifer Pena; Charlotte Lee-Russel; Randall Romich

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1752–1758

This paper examines community college faculty attitudes toward training (FATT) to use technology in the workplace. The study assess commonalities and differences based on grouping of faculty by attitudes toward training. The review of literature...

Topics: research

Innovative Pedagogical Methodologies for Interactive, Mediated Environments

Jodi James; Susan Bendix; Jennifer Tsukayama; Harper Piver; Wilhelmina Savenye; Ranga Chilakamarri; Arlene Westphal; Gary Minyard; David Birchfield; Harvey Thornburg

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3558–3563

This paper will focus on the installation of our interactive environment, Smallab, at Herrera School for the Fine Arts in October 2006 and March 2007, and subsequent implementation of innovative pedagogical techniques within this space. At Herrera, ...

Topics: Schools, Fine Arts, Interaction, Curriculum

Persistent Teaching Practices after Geospatial Technology Professional Development

Lori A. Rubino-Hare; Brooke A. Whitworth; Nena E. Bloom; Jennifer M. Claesgens; Kristi M. Fredrickson; Carol Henderson-Dahms; James C. Sample

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 16, No. 3 (2016) pp. 208–285

This case study described teachers with varying technology skills who were implementing the use of geospatial technology (GST) within project-based instruction (PBI) at varying grade levels and contexts 1 to 2 years following professional...