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One Size Doesn't Fit All: Customizing Educational Technology Professional Development (Part One: Choosing Etpd Goals), Judi Harris Feb 2008

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Customizing Educational Technology Professional Development (Part One: Choosing Etpd Goals), Judi Harris

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Part one: Choosing ETPD (Educational technology professional development) Goals. This article reviews the range of ETPD session and program goals. Now more than ever, education leaders must focus strategically on ETPD for teachers. In part two, we will present and explain ETPD models, tn future articles, we will address how to combine goais and models to fit particular teachers' characteristics, then assess the efficacy of those designs,


Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge In Action: A Case Study Of A Middle School Digital Documentary Project, Mark J. Hofer, Kathleen Owings Swan Jan 2008

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge In Action: A Case Study Of A Middle School Digital Documentary Project, Mark J. Hofer, Kathleen Owings Swan

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In recent years researchers in educational technology have begun to look closely at the complexity of integrating technology in K-12 classrooms. The development of the notion of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) provides a useful theoretical framework to explore the requisite forms of teacher knowledge required to effectively integrate technology in classroom work. This case study explores the three domains of teacher knowledge and their intersections in a sixth grade digital documentary project. On the surface, the setting for the work (particularly the skilled teachers with whom we worked) seemed to be the "best-case scenario" for technology integration, and yet, …


The Historical Scene Investigation (Hsi) Project: Examining The Use Of Case Based Historical Instruction In The Fifth Grade Social Studies Classroom, Kathleen Owings Swan, Mark J. Hofer, David Locascio Jan 2008

The Historical Scene Investigation (Hsi) Project: Examining The Use Of Case Based Historical Instruction In The Fifth Grade Social Studies Classroom, Kathleen Owings Swan, Mark J. Hofer, David Locascio

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The Historical Scene Investigation (HSI) project is designed to help teachers integrate historical investigations into their K-12 history instruction. The HSI project materials provide streamlined and aesthetically engaging Web-based historical investigation exercises. Each case exercise engages students in a historical investigation using rich and varied historical primary sources scaffolded by document-study prompts and activities requiring specific analytical skills and processes. The HSI project, originally developed in 2001 by the principal investigators of this study, has undergone numerous revisions in efforts to extend topical coverage and more explicitly align online materials with state content standards for history. In addition, revisions focused …


Teacher Self -Efficacy And Beliefs For Teaching Mathematics In Inclusive Settings, Pamela Wilson Aerni Jan 2008

Teacher Self -Efficacy And Beliefs For Teaching Mathematics In Inclusive Settings, Pamela Wilson Aerni

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The purpose of this mixed-design study was to determine if mathematics teachers experienced changes in their self-efficacy and beliefs about their ability to teach students with disabilities in an inclusive setting. The intervention for this study was a 14-month professional development program that consisted of content and methods courses taught during two-week intervals during the summer on the campus of The College of William and Mary followed by specific professional development activities provided by a team of math specialists/facilitators with expertise in mathematics curriculum, instruction, and assessment as well as special education services including inclusive education models. Teachers participating in …


Tpck In Inservice Education: Assisting Experienced Teachers' "Planned Improvisations", Judi Harris Jan 2008

Tpck In Inservice Education: Assisting Experienced Teachers' "Planned Improvisations", Judi Harris

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What happens when experienced teachers seek to integrate educational technologies into curriculum-based learning and teaching, and how can teacher educators assist this professional development process? This chapter will suggest answers to this question in both conceptual and practical forms, framed within the notion of technological pedagogical content knowledge development (Mishra & Koehler, 2006; Koehler & Mishra, chapter 1).