TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning
2000 Volume 44, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 9
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Building a Technology Foundation for Future Teachers
Leslie J. Davison, David Burr, Jean C. Eberlein, Daniel J. Fuchs, Lupita Saucedo & Bob H. Steffen
A faculty member in teacher development presents her perspectives of technology use, requirements, and students' problems. Five students in her Introduction to Education class give their viewpoints... More
pp. 11-15
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Preparing Technology-based Teachers: Professional Lessons from a K-12/University Collaborative
Claire Smith Hornung & Steve Bronack
Describes the Technology-Based Teacher Education (TBTE) Program at Lehigh University. Discusses the Seminar in Elementary and Secondary Education, in which preservice teachers regularly work in... More
pp. 17-20
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Providing Inservice Teachers with a "TICKET" to Digital Delivery Systems
Timothy S. Kochery
In July 1998, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto, began its version of the "TICKET" (Technology Integration Certification for K-12 Educators and Teachers) program that provides classroom... More
pp. 21-25
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Don't Use a Hammer: Appropriate Educational Uses Based Upon the Characteristics of Network Tools
Russell F. Dennison
Discusses a typology that can be used to guide educators in selection of cyberspace tools to accomplish specific tasks. The typology consists of four main divisions of properties: number of people ... More
pp. 26-29
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Changes in Students' Computer Literacy: As a Function of Classroom Access to Computers and Teacher Utilization
Steve Hackbarth
The Computer Literacy Assessment Tool (CLAT) (Hackbarth, 1997) was administered to third-grade classes over the course of one academic year, measuring factors that affected changes in students'... More
pp. 30-33
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Teaching Style and Technology
Marcie A. Zisow
A fourth-grade teacher suggests the key to successfully adapting new technologies lies in teacher style, not in technology. She discusses technological advancement and continued resistance to... More
pp. 36-38
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How Do Students Really Feel About Interactive Television?
Lori Wynia
Students were surveyed on their perceptions of education via interactive television (ITV). Thirty-one environmental and academic success factors were identified and assessed by students, with 18... More
pp. 39-41
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Technology Is Us: Do We Have Time To Learn? A Librarian's Perspective
Mark Yannie
An academic reference librarian presents observations concerning the influence of technology on students' habits of information retrieval, their mindsets, their perceptions of research, and the... More
pp. 42-43
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Teacher Participation in an Art Curriculum Web Site
Barbara Bridges
Focuses on ArtsNetMN--an art curriculum site developed by four Minnesota museums. Discusses design features on the ArtsNetMN site; collaboration as a key to ArtsNetMN's success as an online... More
pp. 44-46