TACTL-Sponsored Sessions at the 2006 Annual Conference in San Francisco
| TACTL Annual Meeting : Dr. Larry Cuban, Guest Speaker | |
| Symposium 1: Research on the Use of Games and Simulations in Education: What Are WeLearning? | |
| Chair: Victoria A. Giordano | Discussant: Greg Jones |
| Participants: Debra Sprague, Chris Dede, John Rice | |
| Symposium 2: Preparing Teachers for the Distance Learning Classroom: Evaluation of the Teacher Training Goes into Virtual Schooling (TEGIVS) Project | |
| Co-Chairs: Ann Thompson and Dale Niederhauser | Discussant: Robert Blomeyer |
| Participants: Niki Davis, Rick Ferdig, Dale Niederhauser, M. D. Roblyer, Raymond Rose, Zahrl Schoeny | |
| Paper Session 1: Technology as an Agent of Change in Teacher Education | |
| Chair: Neal Strudler |
Discussant: Margaret Neiss |
| 1. Using Teacher Inquiry to Help Prospective Teachers Untangle the Complexities of Technology Use in Classrooms | Kara Dawson |
| 2. Using Technology to Foster
Literacy Instruction: The Benefits
for Pre-ervice Teachers |
Lauren McClanahan |
| 3. A Longitudinal Comparison of
Teachers' Perceptions About
and Subsequent Adoption of Technology in the Classroom |
Dianna Newman |
| 4. "No One Likes Rust!" Digital
Video Production as an Instructional
Tool for 21st Century
Science Education |
Lyubov Laroche, Jolie Mayer-Smith, Cynthia Nicol |
| 5. Longitudinal Assessment of Teacher Education Students Attitudes, Use, and Confidence Towards Using Technology | Philip Molebash, Natalie Milman |
| Paper Session 2: Technology as K-12 Change Agent | |
| Chair: Joke Voogt, | Discussant: Walt Heinecke |
| 1. Research on Educational
Technology: Challenges to
Implementation and Impact of Scientifically Based Research |
Lynne Schrum, Kelly Glassett |
| 2. Using Integrated Technology
in Middle School Classrooms
to Impact Student Science Achievement |
Pamela Cantrell, Jacque Ewing-Taylor |
| 3. Feedback, Reflection, and Revision in the 1:1 Laptop Computing Environment | Matthew Dunleavy |
| Educational Technology: A Catalyst for Innovation and Change in Teacher Education | Kathleen H. Rutowski, Ann Igoe, Carol Christine, Theodore J. Kopcha |
| 4. A Learning Revolution? Investigating Interactive Whiteboards as Pedagogic Tools in British Primary Classrooms | Neil Mercer,
Julia Gillen, Karen Littleton, Judith Kleine Staarman |
| 5. What Impact Do Different Technology Uses have on Student Outcomes? | Jing Lei, Yong Zhao |
| Paper Discussion Session 1: Online Strategies in Education | |
| 1. Instructor's Scaffolding in
Support of Student's Metacognition
in an Academic Online Course |
Roni Reingold, Rikki Rimor, Anat Kalay |
| 2. The Effects of Online Followup
and Collaboration on
Completion of Professional Development |
Marybeth Green, Lauren Cifuentes |
| 3. Pedagogy, Self-Assessment and Online Discussion Groups | Mary Kayler, Karen Weller |
| 4. Teacher Team Work and Information and Communication Technology | Mia Karlsson |
| 5. The Relationship of Adult
Learning Styles and Success
in Online Graduate Education |
Cynthia Loeffler, Rosemary Papa |
| 6. Online Facilitation: Building
Professional Knowledge
Among Participants |
Stephanie Feger, Melanie Zibit |
| 7. Implementing Constructivist
Web-Based Learning in
Teacher Preparation Courses Makes Good Sense |
Martha Casas |
| Paper Discussion Session 2: Technology in Schools | |
| 1. Making Connections with
Technology: Longitudinal
Analysis of Hand Held echnology and Student Reading Achievement |
Elizabeth
Oyer, Karen Gould, Nathan Davidson, Joel McKinney, Dan Wilson |
| 2. Interim Evaluation of Multiformat
Professional Development
on the Mathematical
Understanding of Rural Teachers |
Talbot Bielefeldt |
| 3. Handheld Technology as a Change Agent in a Middle School Environment | Linda Robinson, Robert Hannafin, Jane Cook |
| 4. The Beyond Hardware Initiative:
Impact of Technology
Integration on K-12 Achievement |
Andrew Berning,
Gerald Knezek, Rhonda
C h r i s t e n s e n , Dav e Richardson, Cathy Webb |
| 5. A Case Study on Students'
Activities with CMC Tools |
Young Sang Cho |
| 6. Instructional Strategies Used
by Teachers During Student
Use of Technology |
Fethi Inan, Deborah Lowther, Steven Ross |
| 7. Technology and School Achievement for Young Language Minority Children | Tiffany Whittaker, James Laffey, Linda Espinosa, Yanyan Sheng |
| Paper Discussion Session 3: Uses of Technology in Preservice Teacher Education (Co-sponsored with Computer Applications & Internet SIG) | |
| 1. Costs and Benefits of Electronic
Portfolios in Teacher
Education: Faculty and Administrative
Perspectives |
Keith Wetzel, Neal Strudler |
| 2. Teacher Candidate Reflection
on Teaching Episodes Using
Video Editing |
Brendan Calandra, Rachel Gurvitch, Jacalyn Lund |
| 3. "Doing What We Know:"
Preservice English Teachers'
Teaching with Technology
during Student Teaching |
Sara Kajder |
| 4. Developing Pedagogical
Technology Integration Content
Knowledge in Preservice Teachers: A Case Study Approach |
Laurie
Dias, Mary Shoffner, Wanjira Kinuthia, Christopher DeCastro, |
| 5. Effective Technology Integration
in Pre-service Teacher
Education: Challenging Expectations |
Nancy DeFrates-Densch, Corenna Cummings, Deborah Kalkman, Jason Underwood, Agnes E. Conway |
| 6. Mentoring Interns in Using Technology | Robert Smith, Dennis Kubasko, |
| 7. Virtually
Aesthetic: Exploring Teacher
Education Students' Experiences
of Online Learning |
Anita Sinner, Linda Farr Darling |
| Paper Discussion Session 4: Innovative Technology Uses in the U. S. and Abroad (Cosponsored with Computer Applications & Internet SIG) | |
| 1. Instructional Computer
Use by COE Faculty in
Turkey: Application of Diffusion
of Innovations Theory |
Ismail Sahin, Ann Thompson |
| 2. First Year Teachers' Expected
and Actual Technology
Integration: Knowledge, Values, and Teaching Practice |
Jane Howland, Judy Wedman |
| 3. Ready or Not - Technology
Skills that Support Data-
Driven Decision-Making
with the ITAAR Model |
Corenna Cummings, Deborah Kalkman, Jason Underwood, Nancy DeFrates-Densch, Agnes E. Conway |
| 4. Expanding Digital Equity via Open Source Tools in Education | Brian Giza |
| 5. Effects of a Faculty Technology Mentoring Program on Faculty Adoption of Instructional Technology |
Hsueh-Hua Chuang, Ann Thompson, Ismail Sahin |
| 6. Using Global Classrooms to Influence Attitudes Toward Science and Civic Responsibility: An American- Tanzanian Exchange |
Mona Bryant-Shanklin |
| 7. When Are "Mobile" Digital
Technologies Mobile?: An
Activity Theory Perspective
on a Laptops Initiative for
Students With Literacy Difficulties |
Paul Conway, Tom Daly |