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Global Awareness: A 21st Century Learner Approach
Michael Searson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2100–2101
A ground-breaking approach to global awareness, an iStory Tour provides tour participants access to 21st century learning tools, such as wireless laptops, digital cameras, and voice recorders, allowing them to create blogs, podcasts, and digital...
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Mobile Devices as Disruptive Tools for Learning
Michael Searson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3786–3788
This presentation will discuss the potential of mobile devices as disruptive tools for learning. The author is concerned that the current integration of mobile tools into education follows a linear pattern; that is, as an extension of the previous...
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Editorial: Are We Talking Only to Ourselves? Perhaps!
Michael Searson
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 4 (December 2006) pp. 350–353
In her 2004 article "Technology and Teacher Education: Are We Talking to Ourselves?" Debra Sprague pointed out that in presenting an educational technology agenda there are two general audiences: those within the field of educational technology and...
Topics: Community, Teachers, Educational Technology, Government, Networking Technologies
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Ambassadors, Innovators, Fellows and Coaches: Technology Integration Across a Campus
Michael Searson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) p. 3791
As a large-scale institution (with over 3,000 students in the teacher education program), Kean University?s PT3 office has sought to use an array of strategies to foster the integration of technology into preservice education. While the university...
Topics: Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Portfolios, Students
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Digital Stories About and From Project-Based Learning
Michael Searson Michael
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2013–2015
Digital stories and project-based learning share some key characteristics: careful analysis and planning within complex learning environments, application of skills to multifaceted tasks, the role of technology as a powerful tool for inquiry,...
Topics: Collaboration, Assessment
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Games and Simulations as Tools for Educational Reform
Robert McLaughlin; Michael Searson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2011–2012
Researchers are studying the role of games and simulations for learning in formal and informal settings. Issues being considered include the potential of electronic and video games as learning tools (Foreman, 2004); games that are (and are not)...
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Why Mobile Devices Can't Transform Learning (But Should!)
Michael Searson; Elliot Soloway; Cathie Norris
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2367–2368
This presentation will examine the current state of mobile tools and how they could usher in a refreshing new era of education. However, the “culture of schools” may undermine the “transformative” potential of these devices, in the same way it...
Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, New Possibilities with Information Technologies
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‘Kinecting’ with Student Learning: Applications of Game Consoles in World Language Programs
Michael Searson; Xu Yan; Gregory Shepherd
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2626–2628
Faculty from Chinese and US universities are examining the potential impact of gaming on language acquisition, as part of collaborative world languages program. Leveraging the kinesthetic and voice command features of the Xbox and Kinect, and...
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FWIW: What the Research Says About Engaging the Web 2.0 Generation
Christine Greenhow; Michael Searson; Neal Strudler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1854–1856
This panel will provide a research-based overview of today’s learners. We will summarize a review of four years of research on how young people are using a range of interactive Web-based technologies for education, both formal and informal, and give ...
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Design for Learning: Space Matters!
Michael Searson; Kenneth Gruskin; Paul Resta
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2365–2366
When considering innovative teaching practices, the design and utilization of space is often little more than an afterthought. However, effective design and utilization of learning spaces are key components to true digital age learning environments. ...
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EDUsummIT 2013 Call to Action: Outcomes from the 2013 International Summit on ICT in Education
Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Michael Searson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1016–1021
EDUsummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The first assembly of the International Summit on ICT in Education took place in 2009, in The Hague, The...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration
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21st Century Learning: Perspectives from China
Michael Searson; Zhou Chengfeng; Maofa Huang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1824–1825
Does 21st learning exist across the globe or is it primarily a western-based paradigm, with a disproportionate focus on information technologies? Do all cultures view "21st century learners" as a unique subset of students requiring new pedagogies...
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Participatory Media in Informal Learning
David Gibson; Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert; Aaron Doering; Michael Searson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1456–1461
This panel presented a range of perspectives, examples and opinions about the role of participatory media in informal learning, including the prospects and challenges of bridging formal and informal learning experiences. The presenters included...
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Building a Global Community of Policy-makers, Researchers, and Teachers to Move Education Systems into the Digital Age: The EDUsmmIT 2011 Report
Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Paul Resta; Michael Searson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 47–54
EDUsummIT 2011 brought together l20 distinguished researchers, policy-makers, teachers, journal editors and technology leaders from across the globe to develop strategies and recommendations to move educational systems into the Digital Age. The...
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Digital Age Professional Development for College Faculty from the Ends of the Earth!
Michael Searson; Leila Sadeghi; Robert Cirasa; Tiffany Tang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2646–2648
A team of university faculty is working across two campuses to provide professional development for international colleagues teaching at a newly established US campus on Chinese soil. An innovative Sino-American collaboration, which includes the...
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Enriching STEM Education through Games and Simulations
David Chelberg; Judy Perry; Len Annetta; Michael Searson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 5343–5349
STEM education is a major focus of recent legislation and funding in Congress as the nation begins to realize that the necessary scientists and mathematicians, engineers and technologists are sadly lacking (Ashby, 2006). To that end, this panel...
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A Call to Arms! Higher Ed Works with PBS Affiliates on Ken Burns’s The War
Michael Searson; Bernard Robin; Connie Hill; Ellen Mushinski
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2831–2833
With the airing of Ken Burns's The War documentary, unique partnerships were established between PBS affiliates and institutions of higher education. This panel will focus on two such partnerships (Kean University-NJN and University of Houston...
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China: Education 2.0 Tour--Applications and Effects of Virtual Tour to International Communication in Educational Technology
Michael Searson; Glen Bull; Jie Chao; Jing Ma
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2393–2394
China: Education 2.0 Tour is a planned tour to China for communication in educational technology in 2009, and information technologies such as interactive maps, weblog and multimedia tutorial are applied to facilitate the tour, in order to increase...
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Bits to Atoms: 21st Century Fabrication
Glen Bull; Bernard Robin; Ann Thompson; Michael Searson; Daniel Tillman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2676–2677
Working with a PBS affiliate, this project engaged students and teachers at four high schools in the US and one each in China and Australia to use digital video tools in conjunction with the Ken Burns documentary The War. Extensive professional...
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Stop Cyberbullying, A Panel for Sharing a New Toolkit, Stories and Best Practices
Parry Aftab; Ray Rose; Deanna Guy; Searson Michael
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1274–1276
"Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to ...
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Digital Citizenship within Global Contexts
Michael Searson; Marsali Hancock; Nusrat Soheil; Gregory Shepherd
Education and Information Technologies Vol. 20, No. 4 (2015) pp. 729–741
EduSummIT 2013 featured a working group that examined digital citizenship within a global context. Group members recognized that, given today's international, regional, political, and social dynamics, the notion of "global" might be more...
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Using PBL-Online in Educational Technology Graduate Programs, Professional Development and International Collaboration
John Mergendoller; Kerry Rice; Michael Searson; Denise Schmidt; Jason Ravitz
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2056–2057
WWW.PBL-ONLINE.ORG is the premier online resource for preparing educators to use Project Based Learning in their Classes. This panel will demonstrate the power and depth of the PBL-Online website, discuss how this online resource can be used...
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AI in Teacher Education
Elizabeth Langran; Michael Searson; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 735–740
This session will be a conversation with participants regarding the work begun at the 2019 National Technology Leadership Summit on AI in Teacher Education. There is a recognition that AI is pervasive and will impact the field of education, but what ...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Editorial: AECT – SITE Collaboration Through the National Technology Leadership Coalition
Michael Spector; Gerald Knezek; Michael Searson; Barbara Lockee; Glen L. Bull
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 4 (December 2010) pp. 360–365
The National Technology Leadership Coalition (NTLC) is a consortium established nearly a decade ago comprised of national teacher educator associations, national technology associations, not-for-profit organizations, and some corporate organizations....
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Editorial: Developing Technology Policies for Effective Classroom Practice
Glen Bull; John Park; Michael Searson; Ann Thompson; Punya Mishra; Matthew J. Koehler; Gerald Knezek
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 3 (September 2007) pp. 129–139
Our goal in this editorial is to set the stage for interdisciplinary collaborations to tackle the wicked problem of technology integration in teaching. The CITE Journal is published by a coalition of teacher educator associations, the National...
Topics: Teachers, Multimedia, Preservice Teacher Education, Schools, Teaching Methods
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A 1-1 Initiative in an Urban Middle School: Challenges and Successes
Michael Searson; Gail Nelson; James Lerman; Kay McNulty; Roland Jenkins; Cheryl Lemke
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1787–1790
A 1-1 laptop initiative has been establish by Kean University at a New Jersey middle school in an urban setting. Supported by a US DOE Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant, the project has supported well-developed professional development, both for...
Topics: Professional Development, Middle School Education, Teachers, Assessment
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Panel of Deans: Preparing Teachers for Exponential Times: The Deans’ Perspective
Michael Searson; Lindsey Connor; Rivka Wadmany; Douglas J. Paul; Richard Howell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) p. 8003
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Using WWW.PBL-Online.org to Create and Discover academically Rigorous, Standards Focused Projects
John Mergendoller; Thom Markham; Carolyn Thorsen; Jason Ravitz; Denise Schmidt; Michael Searson; Peggy Benton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1288–1290
There currently exists no comprehensive teacher preparation and support resource to help teachers implement academically rigorous, standards focused Project Based Learning in their classrooms. WWW.PBL-Online.org is a multi-pathway website designed...
Topics: Teachers
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A 1-1 Laptop Initiative in an Urban Middle School:
Gail Hilliard-Nelson; Michael Searson; James Lerman; Roland Jenkins; Catherine McNulty
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3886–3889
A 1-1 laptop initiative has been establish by Kean University at a New Jersey middle school in an urban setting. Supported by a US DOE Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant, the project has supported well-developed professional development, both for...
Topics: Teachers, Integration, Assessment, Professional Development, Middle School Education
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Preparing Teachers to Teach Digital Citizenship
Michael Searson; Bonnie Sutton; David Whittier; Robert Plants; David Gibson; Joke Voogt; Marilyn Ochoa; Vic Sutton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1945–1947
A team of SITE leaders was awarded a highly competitive “Digital Citizenship Award” from Facebook to explore the role of digital citizenship in teacher education. The focus of the SITE “Preparing Teachers to Teach Digital Citizenship” project is...
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The International Handbook Summit Call to Action for Learning with Technology in the 21st Century
Gerald Knezek; Joke Voogt; Cathie Norris; Elliot Soloway; Ian Gibson; Michael Searson
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 1–5
This panel session incorporates on-site and virtual presenters focusing on a "call for action" emerging from the International Handbook for Information Technology in Primary & Secondary Education (Springer, 2008; 136 authors from 23 nations)....
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Games and Simulations: Global Perspectives
Michael Searson; David Gibson; Young Kyun Baek; Westley Field; Kwonki Yoon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1805–1807
This panel will present global perspectives on games and simulations by educators who have direct familiarity with US and non-US gaming practices. An overview of similarities and differences of games and simulations across various countries will be...
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Digital Stories Across the Curriculum: Opportunities and Challenges, Part 1
Michael Searson; Joe Lambert; David Hicks; Sara Kajder; Maggie Niess; John Park; Dina Rosen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 724–726
Digital stories blend audio, voice, and images into powerful creations, and have become a compelling tool for classroom teachers and students. Although the tools, skills, and practices incorporated into the making of digital stories resonate with...
Topics: Social Studies, Educational Technology, Mathematics, Early Childhood Education, Social Sciences
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Let’s Play: The role and value of games and simulations in education!, Part 2
Michael Searson; Bill Halverson; Robert McLaughlin; Calin Cazan; Ann DeMarle; Joel Foreman; Peggy Benton; Melanie Zibit; David Gibson; Debra Sprague
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2092–2094
A diverse group of educators will present an array of perspectives on the role and value of games and simulations as educational tools. Papers will include the "Characteristics and Functions of Games," "What Educators Can Learn from Game Developers?"...
Topics: Virtual Environments, Graphics, Games
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Let’s Play: The role and value of games and simulations in education!, Part 1
Michael Searson; Bill Halverson; Robert McLaughlin; Calin Cazan; Ann DeMarle; Joel Foreman; Peggy Benton; Melanie Zibit; David Gibson; Debra Sprague
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2089–2091
A diverse group of educators will present an array of perspectives on the role and value of games and simulations as educational tools. Papers will include the "Characteristics and Functions of Games," "What Educators Can Learn from Game Developers?"...
Topics: Games, Graphics, Virtual Environments
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Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All: The EDUsummIT 2015 Call to Action
Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Schönfield; Thérèse Laferrière; J. Michael Spector; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Christensen; Paul Resta; Mike Searson; Charoula Angeli
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 797–799
EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT took place September 14-15, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO...
Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation, International Education
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Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All: The EDUsummIT 2015 Call to Action
Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Schönfield; Thérèse Laferrière; J. Michael Spector; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Christensen; Paul Resta; Mike Searson; Charoula Angeli
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1246–1248
EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT took place September 14-15, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO...
Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation, International Education