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Teaching Ethics through Gaming Environments: Design, Development and Research Perspectives
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2011:1

Karen Schrier, Columbia University, United States; David Gibson, Arizona State University, United States; David Shaenfield, Columbia University, United States; David Simkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States; Jose Zagal, DePaul University, United States

How do we design and use gaming environments to foster ethical thinking and discourse? How should we use games in classrooms and informal educational settings to support moral development? Games provide an authentic content within which to practice...

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Using Games to Prepare Ethical Educators and Students
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2011:1

Karen Schrier, Teachers College, Columbia University, United States; David Gibson, University of Vermont, United States

Teacher education that emphasizes the understanding and assessment of ethics can support the creation of an ethically aware and critically engaged citizenship. But how do we develop teachers who are reflective and critical thinkers of ethics? One...

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What Educators Need to Know: Understanding Multifaceted Learners and Information Technologies, Part 1
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2008:1

Carla Engelbrecht Fisher, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Sesame Workshop, United States; Charles Kinzer, Teachers College, Columbia University, United States; Karen Schrier, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Nickelodeon, United States; Sarah Lohnes & Marion Goldstein, Teachers College, Columbia University, United States

Preservice and inservice education programs advocate that teachers have an understanding of learners' technological sophistication and goals, as well as various technologies and their potential for use in education. Yet, such instruction often fails ...

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