Web 2.0 Tools and the Evolving Pedagogy of Teacher Education

Lee Adcock; Cheryl Bolick

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 2011) pp. 223–236

Teacher educators are constantly revisiting and revising their teacher education programs. Historically, research, educational policy, and accreditation requirements have been the impetus for renewal in teacher education. For the past 20 years,...

National Educational Technology Standards and Technology Beliefs and Practices of Social Studies Faculty: Results From a Seven-Year Longitudinal Study

Adam Friedman; Cheryl Bolick; Michael Berson; Erik Porfeli

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 9, No. 4 (December 2009) pp. 476–487

This paper presents the findings from the third survey administration of a longitudinal study that explores the beliefs, practices, and efficacy of social studies faculty members from across the United States in terms of instructional technology use....

Topics: Instructional Materials, Social Sciences, Integration, Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education

Technology Applications in Social Studies Teacher Education: A Survey of Social Studies Methods Faculty.

Cheryl Mason Bolick; Michael Berson; Christopher Coutts; Walter Heinecke3

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 3, No. 3 (April 2003) pp. 300–309

Preparing preservice teachers to be proficient in technology is a key issue for the field of education. While many states will scramble to fill as many as two million teaching positions in the next few years, the public expects teachers to be able...

Topics: Elementary Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies, Secondary Education, Information Communication Technologies

Implications of Ubiquitous Computing for the Social Studies Curriculum

Stephanie Van Hover; Michael Berson; Cheryl Mason Bolick; Kathleen Owings Swan

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 2006) pp. 275–283

In March 2002, members of the National Technology Leadership Initiative (NTLI) met in Charlottesville, Virginia to discuss the potential effects of ubiquitous computing on the field of education. Ubiquitous computing, or "on-demand availability of...

Topics: Leadership, Educational Technology, Social Studies, Teachers

Editorial: Implementing the Teacher Education Initiative

Glen Bull; Marshall George; Melanie Shoffner; Cheryl Mason Bolick; John Lee; Janice Anderson; David Slykhuis; Joe Garofalo; Robin Angotti; Elizabeth West; Mary Herring; Sara Dexter; Abbie Brown; Mark Hofer

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 12, No. 2 (June 2012) pp. 115–121

Representatives from ten specialty professional associations affiliated with the National Technology Leadership Coalition (NTLC) are collaborating with Microsoft Corporation to develop an innovative professional development opportunity for teacher...

DIGITAL LIBRARIES: THE CATALYST TO TRANSFORM TEACHER EDUCATION

Cheryl Mason Bolick; David Hicks; John Lee; Philip Molebash; Peter Doolittle

AACE Journal Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2004) pp. 198–217

Digital libraries are changing the way academic disciplines within universities are conceptualized. The nation’ s scholars are investing their careers and millions of dollars to use technology to rethink the nature of their disciplines. These...

Topics: teacher education, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Library

Guidelines for Using Technology to Prepare Social Studies Teachers

David Hicks; John K. Lee; Michael Berson; Cheryl Bolick; Richard Diem

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (December 2014) pp. 433–450

The inaugural issue of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education provided a series of guidelines for using digital technology to prepare teachers in the fields of social studies, math, English and science. In this paper, the authors...