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Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology: Perspectives of the Leaders...
The U.S. Department of Education has concluded that preparing technology-proficient educators to meet the needs of 21st-century learning is a critical educational challenge facing the nation. More than...
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Responding to the New Issues in Literacy Instruction
Barbara Pace’s article, ‘Amazon, eBooks, and Teaching Texts’ raises the significance of metacognition as a fundamental educational goal. As I read, I found myself stepping back, just as I have at...
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Amazon, eBooks, and Teaching Texts: Getting to the “Knowing How” of Reading...
A poster on my office wall shows a child holding a flashlight under the covers as he reads in bed. Many literacy education students respond to the poster by claiming, ‘I used to do that.’ Their...
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The Need to Leverage Theory in the Development of Guidelines for Using...
There is currently a wave of interest within education regarding the appropriate use of technology in the classroom (Maddux, Johnson, & Willis, 2001; Owston, 1997). This interest is also readily...
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Making a Place for Technology in Teacher Education with Geographic...
In North Carolina in the Spring 2000 semester, an experimental ‘Geographic Information System (GIS) in Education’ course for pre and inservice teachers was introduced at North Carolina State University...
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Establishing a Technology and Teacher Education Digital Scholarship Portal
The National Technology Leadership Initiative (NTLI) is a partnership undertaken by five teacher educator associations representing core content areas and educational technology. The goal of NTLI is...
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Internet Plagiarism: A Teacher’s Combat Guide
Have you ever sat down to grade a student’s paper and wondered, ‘Where in the world did this come from? I know Suzy Sleepalot did not write this paper.’ Educators across the country are facing the...
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Repackaging for the 21 st Century: Teaching Copyright and Computer Ethics in...
In today’s world it is quite common to see old ideas repackaged and presented to consumers in sleek new containers. This repackaging also occurs in the educational realm. For example, the violence seen...
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Implicit Instruction in Technology Integration and the Nature of Science:...
Although at first glance introducing technology and introducing the nature of science into classroom instruction may appear to be very different issues, several parallels between the two topics can be...
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Internet Tools for Facilitating Inquiry
Although the science education community values inquiry-based science instruction, the goal remains illusive. In the absence of significant changes designed to provide teachers with better support...
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