An Investigation of Student-Teachers’ Use of Social Networks and their Perceptions of Using Technology for Teaching and Learning

Ann FitzGibbon; Elizabeth Oldham; Keith Johnston

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 788–795

This paper explores student-teachers' use of social networks, specifically Bebo and MySpace. It investigates whether student-teachers' use, or level of use, of these applications is related to their views of the potential of technology for teaching...

Are Irish Student-Teachers Prepared to be Agents of Change in using IT in Education?

Ann FitzGibbon; Elizabeth Oldham; Keith Johnston

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1397–1404

This paper explores student-teachers' use of social networks, video-sharing websites and MUVEs (specifically Second Life). In seeking to find if student-teachers' activities in this respect prepare them to be agents of change in the education system,...

Ubiquitous devices – a preparation for student-teachers’ use of technology for teaching and learning?

Elizabeth Oldham; Ann FitzGibbon; Keith Johnston

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1524–1531

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between student-teachers' awareness and experience of technology, both formally and informally, and their vision of its potential for teaching and learning. It addresses whether high familiarity with...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Students

Have Irish Pre-Service Teachers Crossed the Digital Divide?

Keith Johnston; Ann FitzGibbon; Elizabeth Oldham; Aidan Seery

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1651–1658

For many years there has been a perception that people entering the teaching profession in Ireland were less "techy" than many of their college counterparts. If this is still true, it has worrying implications for the use of technology in schools...

Topics: Schools, Digital Divide, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Students

Factors Influencing Pre-Service Teachers' Use of Technology on School Placement - Mind the Gap

Alison Egan; Ann FitzGibbon; Keith Johnston; Elizabeth Oldham

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1435–1440

This study explores the factors that influenced two groups of pre-service teachers' use of technology during their school placement experience, as part of their College of Education course. The study adopted a sequential explanatory mixed method...

Topics: International Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Professional Use of Technology on School Placement - an Irish study

Alison Egan; Ann FitzGibbon; Keith Johnston; Elizabeth Oldham

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2287–2294

This paper reports on one aspect of a larger study, namely the use made of technology by pre-service teachers in their school placements. The pre-service teachers completed an on-line questionnaire; the data was imported into SPSS to permit cross...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technology Education, International Education

Experiences and Expectations of Preservice Teachers in the Republic of Ireland with regard to Information and Communications Technologies in Education

Ann FitzGibbon; Elizabeth Oldham; Keith Johnston; Andrew Loxley

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2158–2165

Experiences and Expectations of Preservice Teachers in the Republic of Ireland with regard to Information and Communications Technologies in Education. This study seeks to examine possible links between the early experiences of preservice teachers...

Topics: Teachers, Mathematics, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Information Communication Technologies

Pre-Service Teachers' Technological Self-Efficacy - an Irish Perspective

Alison Egan; Ann FitzGibbon; Keith Johnston; Elizabeth Oldham

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1803–1812

This study explores pre-service teachers’ confidence using technology on school placement. Two cohorts of pre-service teachers were surveyed, each over a three-year period, during their college preparation course. The study adopted a sequential...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, International Education