Using SimSchool to Provide High-Quality Clinical Experiences to Non-Traditional Preservice Teachers

Bryan Sorohan; Tommye Thomas

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1476–1479

Providing high-quality clinical experiences for preservice teachers is a continual challenge for teacher preparation programs. The situation can be complicated greatly for non-traditional preservice teachers, who face challenges related to jobs...

Topics: Early Childhood Education

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....

AACTE Innovation and Technology Leadership Initiative to Develop TPACK Ready Teacher Candidates: A Practical Solution for Transforming Teacher Preparation Programs

Pamela Redmond; Mary Herring; Tommye Thomas; Sharon Smaldino; ADee Williams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3612–3616

At the 2012 National Technology Leadership Summit, the AACTE Innovation and Technology committee met with deans and school leaders to wrestle with the “wicked problem” of changing school culture and practices to ensure that teacher candidates are...

Leading Change and Innovation in Teacher Preparation: A Blueprint for Developing TPACK Ready Teacher Candidates

Tommye Thomas; Mary Herring; Pamela Redmond; Sharon Smaldino

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 57, No. 5 (September 2013) pp. 55–63

When preparing TPACK ready teacher candidates, faculty must incorporate and model TPACK within the teacher education curriculum, which often requires an ongoing change process. But for change to take place we must consider the role leadership plays...

Leadership Needs to Develop TPACK Ready Teacher Candidates

Mary Herring; Pamela Redmond; Tommye Thomas; Barbara Combs; Sharon Smaldino; ADee Williams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3599–3604

At the 2012 National Technology Leadership Summit, the AACTE Innovation and Technology committee met with deans and school leaders to wrestle with the “wicked problem” of changing school culture and practices to ensure that teacher candidates are...