Staff Development to Provide Intentional Language Teaching Technology-Rich K-8 Multicultural Classrooms

E Carol Beckett; Keith Wetzel; Ines Marquez Chisholm; Ron Zambo; Ray Buss; Helen Padgett; Mia Kim Williams; Mary Odom

Computers in the Schools Vol. 23, No. 3 (Feb 16, 2007) pp. 23–30

Teams of pre-service and in-service elementary teachers attended workshops, learned technology applications, and designed curricular units that incorporated technology during staff development accomplished through a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to...

Early Childhood Teacher Preparation and Technology Integration: The Arizona State University West Experience

Michael Kelley; Keith Wetzel; Helen Padgett; Mia Kim Williams; Mary Odom

Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual Vol. 2004, No. 1 (2004) pp. 245–260

Over the past 6 years, Arizona State University West (ASU West), located in Phoenix, Arizona, has developed an Early Childhood program that features curricula based on the National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T; International...

Topics: Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Standards, Early Childhood Education, Inclusive Education

Measuring the Integration of Technology Through Observation

Keith Wetzel; Ray Buss; Helen Padgett; Ron Zambo

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3933–3936

The ultimate measure of the effects of Preparing Teachers to Use Technology is the amount of time teachers and their students use technology in the classroom. This paper outlines one PT3 group's attempt to create and use an observation instrument to ...

Topics: Students, Classrooms, Teachers

Supporting Technology Integration in K-8 Multicultural Classrooms through Professional Development

E Carol Beckett; Keith Wetzel; Ines Marquez Chisholm; Ron Zambo; Ray Buss; Helen Padgett; Mia Kim Williams; Mary Odom

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 47, No. 5 (2003) pp. 14–17

This study examined: the effectiveness of Practicum Plus professional development classes in preparing mentor teachers and their university practicum students to create a curriculum unit of practice in their K-8 classrooms; and how mentor teachers...

The Implementation of Change in Technology Rich K-8 Classrooms

Ron Zambo,; Ray Buss; Helen Padgett; Keith Wetzel

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2155–2160

This qualitative study reports on the Arizona Classrooms of Tomorrow Today project, a component of a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology project. In conjunction with five partner school districts, Arizona State University West developed...

Topics: Classrooms, Change, Teachers, Students