| Edited by Diane McGrath, Kansas State University |
formerly Journal of Research on Computing in
Education
Computer Technology
in Schools: What Teachers Should Know and Be Able
to Do
Frederick L. Scheffler, Kentucky State
University
Joyce P. Logan, University of
Kentucky
Abstract
This study identified computer competencies important for teachers. A
Delphi
panel developed a survey instrument of 67 computer competencies.
Fifteen of
these competencies related to networks, the Internet, and e-mail.
Survey responses
came from 437 technology coordinators, teacher educators, and
secondary teachers.
The most important computer competencies dealt with integration of
computers
into curricula and using computers in instruction. The use of networks
and the
Internet for research and the use of e-mail were rated important, but
ranked
22nd and 23rd in the list of 33 competencies that were rated Important
or Very
Important.
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appendix...
Contributors
Frederick Scheffler is an assistant professor of
Electronic
Technology at Kentucky State University in
Frankfort. Prior
to his current position at Kentucky State, Dr.
Scheffler
has been a visiting instructor at Eastern Kentucky
University,
assistant professor of Computer Electronics and
Technology
at Indiana State University, and a graduate
assistant at
the University of Kentucky, where he earned his
doctorate.
His research interests are computer technology and
electronics.
Joyce Logan is an assistant professor of
Administration
and Supervision at the University of Kentucky. Dr.
Logan
has been a high school teacher, principal, a
vocational
regional coordinator and a Kentucky Department of
Education
division director. She also served as office head
of the
Kentucky Tech schools for the Cabinet for
Workforce Development.
Dr. Logan received her doctorate from Vanderbilt
University.
Her research interests are distance learning and
technology,
school principalship, and school curriculum.
(Address: Dr.
Frederick L. Scheffler, Electronics Technology,
Kentucky
State University, Frankfort, KY 40601.)
A PDF file of the full article is available.
Contact: jrte@iste.org. Please
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Copyright © 1999, ISTE (International
Society for Technology in Education).
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