Virtual Windows into Teaching: A Pilot of Expert/Novice Technology Integration Discussions

Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2096–2099

We have found that teacher education students in our educational technology courses do not understand the scope of the teaching sequence, and in particular, the process of planning, implementing, and reflecting on authentic technology-integrated...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Integration, Students

Teacher Candidates Reflect Together on their own Development of TPCK: Edited Teaching Videos as Data for Inquiry

Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 5305–5309

This session will explore the use of inquiry methods by teacher education candidates to study their own emerging Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Students develop questions of interest in their own teaching, specifically related to the...

Technology Integration and Teaching Expertise

Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1598–1603

This paper reports on a study that investigated the relationships between technology-use and teaching ability in the practice of elementary teachers. Case study data from exemplary technology integrators, representing various levels of teaching...

Topics: Teachers, Professional Development

Extended Time and Progressive Vision for the Development of Technology-Using Teachers

Melissa Pierson

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 4, No. 1 (2004) pp. 81–88

This paper proposes an extended-time, three-course technology integration model that allows preservice teachers adequate time to absorb, reflect about, connect with, and be supported by technology. This course sequence facilitates development of the ...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology

A Technological-Pedagogical-Content Model for Developing Technology-Enhanced Curriculum

Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2254–2257

: This session will present a conceptual and practical model of pedagogical considerations for planning technology-enhanced curriculum. The model emerged as a tool to understand how technology can truly be integrated in a whole palette of ways for...

Technology integration practice as a function of pedagogical expertise

Melissa Erlene Pierson

(1999) pp. 1–274

This study investigated how teachers at various levels of technology-use and teaching abilities used technology in their classrooms, what practices facilitated that use, and how those practices related to general teaching practices. Participants in...

Learning to Teach in 2004: Technology and Teaching through the Eyes of Prospective Teachers

Melissa Pierson; Alysa McLachlan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3574–3581

This paper describes the research design and the early results of a longitudinal study exploring the developing vision preservice teachers have of technology in teaching and learning. Participants include a total of 8 teacher education students...

Topics: Classrooms, Teaching Methods, Students, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education

A Multilevel Approach to Using Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

Bernard Robin; Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 708–716

Digital photography and digital storytelling have been combined at the University of Houston's College of Education in a manner that allows both undergraduate and graduate students to learn not only how to use digital cameras and imaging techniques, ...

Topics: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Students

Novice Teacher Case Studies: A Changing Perspective on Technology during Induction Years

Melissa Pierson; Alysa Cozart

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3332–3337

This work reports on the progress of a longitudinal study that focuses on the technology use of novice teachers in search of an understanding of what it means to learn to teach and to use technology in the 21st century. The study is in its third...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods

Technology Integration Practice as a Function of Pedagogical Expertise

Melissa E. Pierson

Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 33, No. 4 (2001)

Investigated how teachers at various levels of technology use and teaching abilities used technology and how technology use related to general teaching practice. Highlights include teachers' personal definitions of technology integration; planning...

E-Portfolio in a Web 2.0 World: A Pilot Study

Ruqqayya Maudoodi; Melissa Pierson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1474–1476

E-portfolios are a solution to presenting learning in our teacher preparation program because they allow students to play a key role in directing their own learning, to demonstrate creative design, and to conveniently access work on any platform. As ...

Collaborative Action Communities for Preservice Technology Integration

Sara McNeil; Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2171–2176

With a successful field-based preservice program aimed at effective strategies for teaching diverse urban youth, the University of Houston is implementing an action research process to actively collaborate with area school districts to establish...

Topics: Teachers, Faculty, Schools, Networking Technologies

The Re-Envisioned Educational Technology Course: If Addition Isn't Possible, Try Division

Melissa Pierson; Mary Thompson

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 22, No. 1 (2005) pp. 31–36

This paper presents a new model for the required preservice technology integration course. We situate our model within the literature on the dominant stand-alone model, as well as the alternative models that have been explored. We then detail our...

Framing the Assessment of Educational Technology Professional Development in a Culture of Learning

Melissa Pierson; Arlene Borthwick

Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education Vol. 26, No. 4 (2010) pp. 126–131

Assessing the effectiveness of educational technology professional development (ETPD) must go beyond obtaining feedback from participants about their level of satisfaction with a workshop presenter. Effective and meaningful assessment of ETPD...

Web-Based Student Portfolios in a Graduate Instructional Technology Program

Melissa Pierson; Siva Kumari

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1117–1121

This paper summarizes our initial plans to implement portfolio assessment for graduate students in our Instructional Technology (IT) program. Specific advantages of portfolios, and electronic and Web formats in particular, hold promise for the ...

Topics: Portfolios, Students, Assessment

Implementing Web-Based Portfolio Assessment in a Graduate Instructional Technology Program

Melissa E. Pierson; Michael Rapp

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 592–596

Web-based portfolios are a solution to presenting learning in our Masters program because they allow students to play a key role in directing their own learning, to demonstrate creative design, and to conveniently access work on any platform....

Topics: Portfolios, Learning Objects, Students

Using Technology to Look (at least) Twice: The ESCHER Model of Curriculum Design

Melissa Pierson; Sara Wilson McKay

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2607–2610

To emphasize authentic educational process, rather than simply develop another educational website, Project ESCHER (Educators Shaping Curriculum through Heuristic Electronic Resources) has initiated an innovative model for preparing new teachers to...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Curriculum

Case Studies of Future Teachers: Learning to Teach with Technology

Melissa E. Pierson; Alysa Cozart

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 21, No. 2 (2005) pp. 59–63

This longitudinal research study explores preservice teachers' developing vision of technology in teaching and learning. Participants include eight teacher education students enrolled in one of three consecutive educational technology courses....

Preservice Technology Integration through Collaborative Action Communities

Melissa E. Pierson; Sara McNeil

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 1, No. 1 (2000) pp. 189–199

Building on a successful field-based preservice program aimed at effective strategies for teaching diverse urban youth, the University of Houston is instituting an action research process to actively collaborate with Houston-area school districts to ...

Topics: Classrooms, Students, Teachers

Preparing Teachers for a Global Society That Is Yet Unknown to Teacher Educators

W Robert Houston; Melissa E. Pierson

Teacher Education and Practice Vol. 21, No. 4 (2008) pp. 479–481

Challenges facing teacher education in an increasingly global society are actually reflections of four major shifts in society--shifts that teacher educators must understand and accommodate to develop programs that capture the essence of the schools ...

Hypergroups as a Community-Building Tool

Evelyn Beyer; Mary Frances Thompson; Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1864–1865

For anyone restructuring their undergraduate technology course for pre-service teachers, an important consideration should be the inclusion of a communication tool that promotes positive peer interactions. Using their recent award of a PT 3 grant...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Communication, Inclusive Education

Transforming the Face of Computer Coursework for Pre-Service Teachers – A Working Model

Angelle Adams; Leslie Starcke; Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1829–1830

Prior to Fall 2000, the College of Education at the University of Houston, required its undergraduate education majors to enroll in a three-hour course, CUIN 3312, "Information Technology for Young Children." The original one semester course was...

Topics: Educational Technology

Distributed Collaborative Research Model: Meaningful and Responsive Inquiry in Technology and Teacher Education

Melissa Pierson; MaryFriend Shepard; Robert Leneway

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 25, No. 4 (2009) pp. 127–133

Researchers in technology and teacher education have been charged with designing inquiry methods that speak broadly about the impact of technology in the preparation of teachers, beyond what is possible through the use of localized case studies and...

Data-Driven Usability Assessment: Using Multiple Forms of Online Feedback to Improve E-Learning Design

Melissa Pierson; Sara McNeil; Bernard Robin; Mary Thompson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1134–1137

Data drives educational decisions that allow instructors to immediately respond to learner needs. This paper will demonstrate how the use of online tools, both transparent and user-initiated, can yield data to guide not only the maintenance of...

Gold Standard Research: Methods for Collecting Field-based Data

Ann Cunningham; Kristin Bennett; Adam Friedman; Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 860–863

There is a present and growing need for Gold Standard research on the effects of educational technology on student performance as expressed in a variety of journals by some of the leading experts in the field of educational technology. The purpose...

No Teacher Left Behind: Professional Development in Instructional Technologies in an Age of Accountability

Rob Bowe; Arlene Borthwick; Melissa Pierson; Cathy Risberg; Linda Tafel

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1334–1338

With the rapid growth of IT use by classroom teachers, a number of theoretical models have emerged to describe the levels at which teachers progress when learning to teach with technology. These models deal with many important outcomes of...

The Change of Preservice Teachers' Computer Attitudes and Confidence as a Function of Time

Meng-Fen Lin; Kai-Ju Hsieh; Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2396–2399

This study examined the changes in preservice teachers' attitudes toward computers and confidence in educational use of computers during throughout a three-course sequence of educational technology. Preliminary results indicated that preservice...

Topics: Computers, Teachers, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Attitudes

A School-University Partnership Model for Developing Student Technology Leaders

Sara McNeil; Bernard Robin; Melissa E. Pierson; Kathy Booth

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1470–1471

Multimedia Masters is unique a school-university partnership of student "consultants," teacher "clients" and university "experts." The year-long project begins with a development day to collaboratively set goals for the year, and four remaining...

Topics: Teachers, Schools, Communication, Multimedia, Students

Pre-service Teacher Responses to the Restructuring of the Traditional Educational Computing Course

Mary Thompson; Saru Cheriyan; Angelle Adams; Evelyn Beyer; Leslie Starcke; Melissa Pierson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2128–2133

The primary focus of this paper is the perceptions of currently enrolled students regarding a new course format. Data has been gathered from students currently participating in CUIN 3111, Technology in the Classroom, through a qualitative ...

Topics: Students

P T 3 PA P E R S

Melissa Pierson; Mary Thompson; Angelle Adams; Evelyn Beyer; Saru Cheriyan; Leslie Starke

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1820–1822

The year 2000 continued the unprecedented trend toward stakeholders from PreK-16 education, the community, business, and government joining forces to reconfigure teacher education to include the intelligent use of technol-ogy by our future teachers. ...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Teaching Methods, Research Methods

Evolution of the Multimedia Masters Project: Combining Community-Based Art Content with Multimedia Skills Development

Sara Wilson McKay; Melissa Pierson; Bernard Robin; Kathy Booth; Sara McNeil

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2596–2599

Multimedia Masters, a collaborative effort between the University of Houston's College of Education and the Spring Independent School District in Spring, Texas brought together middle school students and teachers and University of Houston faculty...

Topics: Educational Technology, Multimedia, Mentoring, Fine Arts, Middle School Education

CPR Lessons for Teachers: Current Trends, Practice, and Research in Educational Technology

Cathy Matuszak; Terri Edwards; Steve Simmons; Hee-Young Kim; Samantha Stinson; Sue C. Little; Melissa E. Pierson; James Ang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2412–2413

Young scholars introduce a diverse selection of current trends, practices, and research findings A discussion of constructivist-oriented practices that support K-12 technology use is followed by discussions of the implications of technology...

Topics: Educational Technology

Building Learning Communities to Increase Faculty and Preservice Teacher Use of Technology

Arlene C. Borthwick; Melissa E. Pierson; Cindy L. Anderson; Joyce L. Morris; Sandra A. Lathem; Holly Buckland Parker

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 21, No. 1 (2004) pp. 23–32

Effective learning communities connect members so that they can share knowledge and experience. This article examines the process and outcomes of building learning communities to increase faculty and preservice teacher use of technology through PT...