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During the spring semester of 2002, students at Iowa State University and the University of Virginia enrolled in a co-hosted distance education course. The course's purpose was to devise a list of core readings in the field of technology in...

The purpose of this paper is to examine how a first year technology teacher has managed the transition from her pre-service preparation program to her own classroom in a small rural middle school. The teacher was hired as a "technology teacher" who...

Interaction has critical impacts on the effectiveness of distance learning. To understand interaction based on learners' perceptions can assist learner-oriented learning, as well as enhance the instructional design. This paper focuses on the...

This paper presents the initial findings of a study on the restructuring of an educational foundations course in which teacher education students support their learning through technology use. During the Spring and Summer of 2007 researchers began a ...

This brief paper will present the work of undergraduate students in teacher education, a graduate student in training and development, and a professor of education. The paper presentation will articulate findings in two critical areas (1) lifeworld ...

This paper outlines how two professor utilized observations of student use of technology to expand technology integration within the classroom. Redesigning our instructional use of technology from one that utilized enterprise solutions alone, to...

Emerging technologies are expanding learning opportunities for students. Emergence of the Amazon Kindle DX wireless electronic reading device has opened up possibilities for students to engage course-based texts in new and unique ways. This paper...

Nationwide the effects of the current economic situation are trickling down to impact our schools. School transportation options are narrowing, the housing market is impacting property taxes, and efforts in technology are at a stand still (Bobkoff,...

This empirical research study addresses the issues of new teacher development and the role of the institutional context on new teachers' instructional technology use. The study examines two first year teachers, their development during their initial ...

School principals play an important role concerning technology use within their schools. While school districts across the nation are spending considerable resources in order to provide technical infrastructure to teachers and students, questions...