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TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning

2000 Volume 44, Number 4

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Number of articles: 9

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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

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