Journal of Computing in Teacher Education (JCTE)

Editors: Ann Thompson and Denise A. Schmidt
Iowa State University
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching
N031 Lagomarcino Hall
Ames, IA 50011-3192
E-mail: eat@iastate.edu or dschmidt@iastate.edu

Columns

Editor's Remarks
What Is Our Grand Challenge as Teacher Educators? (PDF, 140 KB, 11 sec, PDF Instructions)
Denise Schmidt
Schmidt discusses the challenges of recruiting and training future teachers.

President's Message
Computing in Teacher Education (PDF, 96 KB, 7 sec, PDF Instructions)
Dale S. Niederhauser
Niederhauser describes current trends in the research on computing in teacher education.

Articles

A Model for Pedagogical and Curricular Transformation with Technology (PDF, 168 KB, 12 sec, PDF Instructions)
David R. Wetzel
Wetzel presents a model to help middle school science teachers effectively integrate technology into their teaching. He provides both qualitative and quantitative data from the use of this model in a real school.

Graduate Student Use of Technology to Assess and Tutor At-Risk Children (PDF, 464 KB, 35 sec, PDF Instructions)
Gloria Wolpert
Graduate education students worked with homeless children to improve the children's performance in math, reading, and science. Both performance and attitudes were measured, and both showed improvement.

Technology Skills among Gifted Students: Is There a Digital Divide (PDF, 404 KB, 30 sec, PDF Instructions)
Tandra Tyler-Wood, María Victoria Pérez Cereijo, and Terry Holcomb
Tyler-Wood, Cereijo, and Holcomb studied the differences in computer access among gifted students in inner-city, suburban, and rural settings.

Long–Term Follow–Up of a Computer and Gender Equity Staff Development Project in Rural Kansas (PDF, 220 KB, 16 sec, PDF Instructions)
Diane McGrath and Linda Thurston
McGrath and Thurston revisit teachers and students who participated in a 1988–1989 project funded under the Women's Educational Equity Act. Teachers were given technology access and training and instruction in ensuring gender equity. This project focuses on these teachers' attitudes, the attitudes of their students during the project, and the attitudes of their current students.

The Wired Professor: A Collaborative Learning Experience in One-on-One Mentoring (PDF, 188 KB, 14 sec, PDF Instructions)
Ahmed Ali and Ismail Elmahdi
Ali and Elmahdi discuss a project in which graduate students help professors learn to use and integrate technology.