Technology Implementation and Teacher Education: Reflective Models

✍ Scribed by Junko Yamamoto, C. Jay Hertzog, Joseph C. Kush, Ron Lombard

• Publisher: IGI Global snippet
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 507
• Series: Premier Reference Source
• Edition: First
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Todays students are faced with the challenge of utilizing technology to support not only their personal lives, but also their academic careers. Technology Implementation and Teacher Education: Reflective Models provides teachers with the resources needed to address this challenge and develop new methodologies for addressing technology in practice. With chapters focusing on online and blended learning, subject-specific teacher education and social and affective issues, this reference provides a comprehensive, international perspective on the role of technology in shaping educational practices.

✦ Table of Contents

Technology Implementation and Teacher Education: Reflective Models......Page 2
List of Reviewers......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 9
Foreword......Page 19
Preface......Page 21
Acknowledgment......Page 23
A Blended Learning Course forTeachers’ Ongoing Professional Development in Greece......Page 26
Integrating K-12 Hybrid Online Learning Activities inTeacher Education Programs: Reflections from the School of Rock Expedition......Page 50
Faculty Reflections on Decision-Making and Pedagogical Use of Online Activities in Teacher Education......Page 69
Peer to Peer: Using the Electronic Discussion Board During Student Teaching......Page 85
Technology Perception Framework forEducation Faculties......Page 102
Using Free Source ePortfolios to Empower ESL Teachers in Collaborative Peer Reflection......Page 118
Utilizing VoiceThread to Increase Teacher Candidates’ Reflection and Globa lImplications for Usage......Page 133
The Golden Apple: A Quest toward Achievement......Page 149
Technology to Enhance the Affective Learning Outcomes of Teacher Trainees......Page 171
From Online Role-Play to Written Argumentation: Using Blended Learning in Lessons on Social Issues......Page 189
Women and Technology,Upon Reflection: Linking Global Women’s Issues to the Digital Gender Divide in Urban Social Studies Education......Page 209
Preparing Qualified Elementary School Teachers: Connecting Mathematics and Science by Integrating Data CollectionTechnology into Methods Courses......Page 228
Collaborative Learning in Pre-Service/In-Service Communities of Practice: Discovering How and When to IntegrateTechnology in Senior High Science......Page 253
Fostering Educational Technology Integration in Science Teacher Education: Issues of Teacher Identity Development......Page 270
Pre-Service ElementaryTeachers’ Evaluations of Technology Tools for Mathematical Learning: A Reflective Model......Page 283
Reflections on a Course Designed to EncourageTechnology Integration in Secondary School Mathematics......Page 302
A Mathematical Problem-Solving Approach to Identify and Explore Instructional Routes Based On the Use of Computational Tools......Page 320
Web 2.0 Tools in Social Studies Methods......Page 337
Increasing Teacher Candidates’ Reflection with Technology......Page 357
The Professional Handbook: Developing Professionalism and Reflective Skills while Connecting Theory and Practice through Technology......Page 372
Game-Based Learning: A Strategy to Integrate DigitalGames in Schools......Page 390
Teacher Candidates Learning through the Creation of Podcasts......Page 405
Annotation Practices with Pen-Based Technologies......Page 423
Compilation of References......Page 443
About the Contributors......Page 488
Index......Page 498