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Sara Dexter
University of Virginia
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Taxonomies and Myths: A Case Study of Technology Planning and Implementation
Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1076–1080
A school district’s technology planning, often done by committees with members representing different interests,
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School Technology Leadership: Artifacts in Systems of Practice
Sara Dexter
Journal of School Leadership Vol. 21, No. 2 (March 2011) pp. 166–189
A cross-case analysis of five case studies of team-based technology leadership in middle schools with laptop programs identifies systems of practice that organize teams' distributed leadership. These cases suggest that successfully implementing a...
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Taxonomies and Myths: A Case Study of Technology Planning and Implementation
Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 1076–1080
A school district’s technology planning, often done by committees with members representing different interests,
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Educational Theory into Practice Software (ETIPS): The Learning Impact and Design of Digital Cases with Formative Assessment Features
Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 50–57
Digital learning environments offer much promise for increasing feedback to learners through formative assessment features, but are challenging to design. The Educational Theory in Practice Software (ETIPS) has two unique features that are used for...
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eTIP Cases: Digital Learning and Assessment Tools for Teacher Education
Cassandra Scharber; Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 44–45
The eTIP Cases develop and assess learners' technology integration decision-making. They present typical classroom technology implementation scenarios to enhance learners' conceptual foundations and decision-making skills on integrating technology....
Topics: Integration
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Content Area Specific Technology Integration: A Model and Resources for Educating Teachers
Sara Dexter; Aaron Doering
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1740–1743
In this paper, and the presentation based upon it, we will discuss the University of Minnesota's model for preparing teachers to use technology in ways that support the development of content area knowledge and pedagogical strategies appropriate to...
Topics: Physical Education, English Language Arts, Social Sciences, Instructional Materials, Early Childhood Education
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Conceptualizing school-based teacher learning from teachers' points of view: Holistically leveraging formal, informal, and independent learning activities
Monty Jones; Sara Dexter
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 25, No. 3 (July 2016) pp. 251–268
Improving in-service teacher education is paramount to improving student learning outcomes, and while research in this area typically examines formal teacher learning opportunities, emerging research indicates that teachers also engage in informal...
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Conceptualizing school-based teacher learning from teachers' points of view: Holistically leveraging formal, informal, and independent learning activities
Monty Jones; Sara Dexter
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 935–945
Improving in-service teacher education is paramount to improving student learning outcomes, and while research in this area typically examines formal teacher learning opportunities, emerging research indicates that teachers also engage in informal...
Topics: Instructor Training and Support, cooperative/collaborative learning
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Teacher Perspectives on Technology Integration Professional Development: Formal, Informal, and Independent Learning Activities
Monty Jones; Sara Dexter
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 27, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 83–102
This mixed-methods study examined the technology integration learning activities of four teachers throughout one year using weekly quantitative surveys and a series of three qualitative individual interviews. Through the teachers’ own voices an...
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Connecting Theory and Practice Using Web-based Cases
Sara Dexter; Cassandra Scharber
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1709–1710
Web-based cases can provide learners opportunities to apply theory in practice. Through a realistic setting and formative feedback on a theory's use, cases are learning environments where users can make their thinking visible and receive input on...
Topics: Educational Technology, Software, Preservice Teacher Education, Schools
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E-Mentors: Connecting Caring Adults and Kids through E-Mail
Rojanne Brown; Sara Dexter
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 6 (2002) pp. 60–63
Describes a mentoring program between an elementary school and a corporation that connects fifth and sixth grade students with adults who exchange email messages at least once a week to improve students' writing skills. Discusses benefits to...
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Cargo Cult: One school district's implementation of a technologically focused instructional innovation
Sara Lynn Dexter
(1997) pp. 1–213
This ethnography recounts one school district's adoption and implementation of computer and network technology at both a district-wide level and as it played out in the technology-rich, constructivist-oriented curriculum of two high school science...
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Why Improving Preservice Teacher Educational Technology Preparation Must Go beyond the College's Walls
Sara Dexter; Eric Riedel
Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (2003) pp. 334–46
Surveyed preservice teachers regarding important factors in predicting their professional uses of technology and having K-12 students use technology in the classroom. Results found that setting high expectations for designing and delivering...
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Using Multiple Representations to Build Conceptual Understanding in Science and Mathematics
Yash Patel; Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1304–1309
Technologies can be used to generate a variety of types of representations (visuals, text, sound, numbers, graphs, and so on.) that convey mathematics and science content, including at nano-scale levels and in otherwise dangerous or “invisible”...
Topics: mathematics education, Science Education, New Possibilities with Information Technologies
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Teacher Perspectives on Technology Integration Professional Development: Formal, Informal, and Independent Learning Activities
Monty Jones; Sara Dexter
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2017 (Jun 20, 2017) pp. 566–577
This mixed-methods study examined the technology integration learning activities of four teachers throughout one year using weekly quantitative surveys and a series of three qualitative individual interviews. Through the teachers’ own voices an...
Topics: Instructor Training and Support
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Principal Leadership and Instructional Technology Support Networks
John Hiltz; Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3361–3366
Abstract: There has been a recent effort to increase technology integration in schools. However, this has proven to be a complex process, which involves many components. Leadership on the part of the principal is known to play an important role in...
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Portraits of Three Schools from the U.S.A. Exemplary Technology-Supported Schooling Case Studies Project
Ronald E. Anderson; Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2523–2524
This presentation features video footage from three schools with innovative classroom teaching using technology. The results were obtained as part of 11 case studies in USA schools and were selected to be part of two international studies, one by...
Topics: Schools
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An Ontology and A Semantic Web Application with Responsive Dissemination Features
Sara Dexter; Michael B. Knapp
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 37–43
We present a Semantic Web application that draws upon an ontology that was created in order to catalog technical assistance resources for targeted audiences of educators. The application has features that use this ontology to disseminate to the...
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How Teachers Learn: The Roles of Formal, Informal, and Independent Learning
W Monty Jones; Sara Dexter
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 62, No. 3 (June 2014) pp. 367–384
A qualitative study of math and science teachers at two middle schools identifies how their system for learning to integrate technology into their teaching goes beyond what school leaders typically consider when planning for teachers' learning. ...
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Methods for Evaluating Online, Resource-Based Learning Environments for Teachers
Christine Greenhow; Sara Dexter; Eric Riedel
Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (2006) pp. 21–28
Online delivery methods offer much promise for anytime, anywhere adult learning. As a method of outreach, and to provide support for just-in-time learning, teacher educators are increasingly deciding to design Web sites that are online, resource...
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Evaluating Web-based Environments for Teacher Professional Development on Technology Integration
Christine Greenhow; Eric Riedel; Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1573–1577
Quality professional development for technology integration is especially needed. Online delivery methods offer much promise for anytime, anywhere teacher learning. Evaluation tools and methods can help designers of technology integration TPD sites...
Topics: Evaluation, Teachers, Integration, Professional Development
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Impact of Asynchronous Discussion on a Preservice Teacher Education Practicum Experience
Aaron Doering; Marc Johnson; Sara Dexter
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2979–2981
Teacher education programs have long recognized that in order to develop their pedagogical capacity, pre-service teachers must have teaching experiences and interactions with students during their program of preparation. At the University of...
Topics: Communication, Preservice Teacher Education, Middle School Education, Interaction, Educational Technology
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Teacher Knowledge about Technology Integration: An Examination of Inservice and Preservice Teachers' Instructional Decision-Making
Christine Greenhow; Sara Dexter; Joan E. Hughes
Science Education International Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 2008) pp. 9–25
This study compared the abilities of inservice and preservice teachers to demonstrate an understanding of technology integration and to apply such knowledge to instructional decision-making. Using a set of online content-specific multimedia...
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Using Asynchronous Discussion To Support Preservice Teachers' Practicum Experiences
Aaron Doering; Marc Johnson; Sara Dexter
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 47, No. 1 (2003) pp. 52–55
Discusses the need for preservice teachers to interact with students and describes the use of Web-based asynchronous discussion to increase the quality and quantity of English education initial licensure program students' interactions with middle...
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Content Area Specific Technology Integration: A Model For Educating Teachers
Sara Dexter; Aaron H. Doering; Eric Riedel
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 14, No. 2 (April 2006) pp. 325–345
In this article we present a model of content-area specific technology preparation. This approach was premised on the fact that even if preservice teachers know how to operate technology, they need help to understand how to flexibly incorporate ...
Topics: Technology integration, Integration, Preservice Teacher Education, teacher preparation, teacher training, faculty development, Inclusive Education
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ETIPS: Using Cases with Virtual Schools to Prepare for, Extend, and Deepen Preservice Teachers' Field Experiences
Sara L. Dexter; Eric Riedel; Cassandra Scharber
Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (2008) pp. 77–84
Field experiences are identified as an important component in the preparation of new teachers. As such, methods to supplement field experiences with pre- and post-activities that ready preservice teachers to effectively learn from them warrant...
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Students' Experiences with an Automated Essay Scorer
Cassandra Scharber; Sara Dexter; Eric Riedel
Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment Vol. 7, No. 1 (September 2008)
The purpose of this research is to analyze preservice teachers' use of and reactions to an automated essay scorer used within an online, case-based learning environment called ETIPS. Data analyzed include post-assignment surveys, a user log of...
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Editorial: Technology Leadership for the Teacher Education Initiative
Sara Dexter; Mary Herring; Tommye Thomas
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 12, No. 3 (September 2012) pp. 255–263
Teacher education leaders must attend to leadership practices that set direction, develop people, and redesign their programs of teacher education in order to develop technology, pedagogy, and technology knowledge and skills in preservice teachers....
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ICT policy planning in a context of curriculum reform: Disentanglement of ICT policy domains and artifacts
Ruben Vanderlinde; Johan van Braak; Sara Dexter
Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 4 (May 2012) pp. 1339–1350
Researchers and policy makers around the world are increasingly acknowledging the importance of developing a school-based ICT policy plan to facilitate the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) in education. Despite this...
Language: English
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Intersections, Tensions, and Disconnections between Designers' Visions and Users' Realities
Sara Dexter; David Gibson; Eric Riedel; Cassandra Scharber
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2560–2563
The ETIPS online learning environment was designed for preservice teachers to practice instructional decision making about technology integration and implementation through multimedia cases with embedded assessments. A full year of implementation...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Assessment, Instructional Design, Students
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Special Education Teachers’ Use of Assistive Technology With Students Who Have Severe Disabilities
Cynthia Connor; Martha Snell; Bruce Gansneder; Sara Dexter
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 18, No. 3 (July 2010) pp. 369–386
Abstract Teachers’ integration of computer-based assistive technology has been linked to positive educational outcomes for students with disabilities. This study was conducted to identify factors that are predictive of integrating assistive...
Topics: Students, Integration, Computers, Preservice Teacher Education, Inclusive Education, Classrooms, Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Schools, Collaboration
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Relative Uses, Impact, and Possibilities For Teachers’ Uses of Formal, Informal, and Independent Learning to Integrate Technology
Sara Dexter; Emily Barton; Melissa Anderson Morgan; J. Patrick Meyer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1195–1202
Formal, informal, and independent professional learning opportunities have distinct characteristics, meeting different teacher needs. In a quasi-experimental design with matched comparison sites, leaders in treatment schools were guided to provide...
Topics: Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Focusing the Technology Leadership: Key Technologies to Integrate into Secondary Math and Science Classrooms
Barbara Swartz; Yash Patel; Sara Dexter; Joe Garofalo
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4861–4869
An ever-increasing influence in society, technology can be an effective teaching and learning tool in mathematics and science classrooms. To realize such possibility, however, requires school leaders to provide clear direction on where to focus...
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Quality Technology Support: What Is It? Who Has It? and What Difference Does It Make?
Sara L. Dexter; Ronald E. Anderson; Amy M. Ronnkvist
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 26, No. 3 (2002) pp. 265–85
Defines quality technology support for teachers as consisting of access to one-on-one personal guidance and help; teacher participation in technology-oriented professional support among peers; professional development; and access to resources....
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Grounded Metadata
Michael Knapp; Brandt Kurowski; David Gibson; Sara Dexter; Robert McLaughlin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2491–2498
Abstract: Development of metadata (data about data) can be challenging because the vocabulary needs to be reliable yet flexible and extensible, locally relevant yet widely applicable and interoperable, and both machine and human readable. This...
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Contributions of Professional Community to Exemplary Use of ICT
Sara Dexter; K R. Seashore; R E. Anderson
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 18, No. 4 (2002) pp. 489–97
Discusses the relationship between professional community and the effective use of ICT (information and communication technology), based on case studies at elementary and secondary schools in the United States. Topics include access to technology;...
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Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Automated Essay Scoring in Teacher Education Cases
Eric Riedel; Sara L. Dexter; Cassandra Scharber; Aaron Doering
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 35, No. 3 (2006) pp. 267–287
Research on computer-based writing evaluation has only recently focused on the potential for providing formative feedback rather than summative assessment. This study tests the impact of an automated essay scorer (AES) that provides formative...
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The Roles and Practices of Specialists in Teamed Institutional Leadership
Sara Dexter; Karen Seashore Louis; Ronald E. Anderson
Journal of School Leadership Vol. 19, No. 4 (July 2009) pp. 445–465
This article explores the role of leadership, experts, and expertise and the functioning of teams in nine schools that modeled an exemplary integration of technology to support schoolwide instructional improvement. Through cross-case analysis, we...
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Trends in Types Of and Goals For Technology Usage As Teachers Increase Their Technology Integration
Sara Dexter; Melissa Anderson Morgan; W. Monty Jones; J. Patrick Meyer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1203–1209
Leaders in the treatment schools in a quasi-experimental study were guided to provide high-quality professional development as part of participation in a technology leadership development project. All schools’ leaders and teachers responded monthly...
Topics: Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Editorial: Implementing the Teacher Education Initiative
Glen Bull; Marshall George; Melanie Shoffner; Cheryl Mason Bolick; John Lee; Janice Anderson; David Slykhuis; Joe Garofalo; Robin Angotti; Elizabeth West; Mary Herring; Sara Dexter; Abbie Brown; Mark Hofer
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 12, No. 2 (June 2012) pp. 115–121
Representatives from ten specialty professional associations affiliated with the National Technology Leadership Coalition (NTLC) are collaborating with Microsoft Corporation to develop an innovative professional development opportunity for teacher...