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Editors' Remarks
 Experiencing
Technology (PDF,
27 KB, 19 sec, PDF Instructions)
Keith Wetzel and Neal Strudler
The field experience has a powerful effect on students' perceptions of
what it means to be a teacher and clearly shapes their beliefs and practices.
Providing preservice teachers with access to technology and appropriate
methods of its use in field experiences may be a crucial step toward preparing
technology-using teachers for the future.
President's Message
Quality
Field Experiences: A Keystone in Teacher Preparation for the Digital Age
(PDF,
24 KB, 7 sec, PDF Instructions)
Ann Cunningham
Without skills, access, practice, and guidance, teachers will not be comfortable
with or capable of integrating technology. If we care about the the quality
of our teaching force, the value of ensuring that all classroom teachers
are prepared to integrate technology appropriately into their currriculum
becomes quite clear.
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Integrating
Technology into Teacher Candidates' Field Experiences: A Two-Pronged Approach
(PDF,
84 KB, 6 sec, PDF Instructions)
Neal Strudler and Karen J. Grove
This article describes challenges in bringing about change to the entire
field placement system, while also focusing on concentrated efforts to
work with a subset of student teachers placed with technology-using cooperating
teachers at designated partner school.
Timber
Lane Technology Tales: A Design Experiment in Alternative Field Experiences
for Preservice Candidates (PDF,
53 KB, 4 sec, PDF Instructions)
Priscilla Norton and Debra Sprague
Clues and crimes. Mysteries and detectives. Norton and Sprague detail
a non-traditional elementary school field experience.
Linking
Middle School Childhood Teacher Candidates to the Authentic Use of Technology
in the Classroom: A WebQuest Story (PDF,
64 KB, 5 sec, PDF Instructions)
Joanne Arhar, Trish Koontz, and Janet Hill
The authors describe their attempt to create a more authentic, constructivist,
technology-rich learning experiencefor teacher candidates through the
use of WebQuests.
Digital
History TIP: Preservice Social Studies Teachers' Experiences in a Technology-Rich
Field Initiative (PDF,
53 KB, 4 sec, PDF Instructions)
Cheryl Mason Bolick
Explore a Technology Infusion Project focused on strategies for the design,
development, and implementation of Web-basedlessons using digital history
resources.
Factors
Influencing Student Teachers' Use of Technology (PDF,
70 KB, 5 sec, PDF Instructions)
Rebecca Brent, Catherine E. Brawner, and Pamela Van Dyk
The authors summarize and discuss a survey regarding student teachers'
use of technology for lesson planning, course material preparation, and
lesson delivery.
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