SITE 2000--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
2000
Editors
Dee Anna Willis; Jerry Price; Jerry Willis
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 477
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TUTORPEA for Adults' Teachers Lifelong Learning
Blanca Rodríguez & María Ángeles Pérez, University of Valladolid, Spain; Ángel García, University of Salamanca, Spain; Rafael Mompó, University of Valladolid, Spain
This paper describes an intranet developed for an international project for adults' teachers lifelong learning (TUTORPEA), funded by the Socrates program of the European Community. TUTORPEA... More
pp. 714-718
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Integrating Technology into the School Curriculum with Thematic Units
Mary Stephen, Harris-Stowe State College, United States; Nancy Gammon, Lincoln University, United States; Ann Podleski, Harris-Stowe State College, United States
According to national studies, there is an urgent need for in-service projects designed to assist teachers in learning ways to integrate technology into their curriculum, not simply to master the... More
pp. 719-722
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Training Sessions Designed to Help Teachers Enhance Lessons with Technology
Neal Topp, University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States; Marla Dowse, North Platte Schools, United States; Tami Eshleman, North Platte High School, United States
This paper presentation will focus on a successful model of inservice training for teachers. The model, used by a multi-school five year US DOE Challenge Grant includes five day and three day... More
pp. 723-725
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The Computer Mediated Communication Environment as it Fosters Collaborative Ways of Knowing, Teaching, and Learning
Mary Wildner-Bassett, University of Arizona, United States
This paper will summarize and give examples from a retrospective ethnographic and pedagogical theory analysis of some key features of a course concerning Graduate and Inservice Teacher Education... More
pp. 726-731
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Developing A Contract For Learning: A Constructivist Approach For Professional Development
Patty Phillips, Pitt Meadows Elementary School, Canada; Jeff Spence, Lord Byng Secondary School, Canada; Adam Gibbons & Linda Stanley Wilson, University of British Columbia, Canada
An increasing number of teachers returning to the Faculty of Education for advanced coursework are interested in learning technology skills—with a specific emphasis on learning how to effectively... More
pp. 732-737
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Minds On, Hands On: The Linear-Nonlinear Problem-Solving Approach to a Multimedia and Internet Course
Harrison Yang, John Shindler & Ann Keen, State University of New York at Oswego, United States
This paper examines how a bilinear instructional strategy incorporating both linear and nonlinear problem-based teaching approaches was designed and then implemented in a graduate applied... More
pp. 738-743
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Staff Development: Task-Oriented Training
Yuehua Zhang, Washburn University, United States; Carol Stacks, Topeka Collegiate School, United States
The present article documents a particular model for inservice faculty development at a computer-technology magnet school in a Midwestern city, Using the ACOT model the article recorded the... More
pp. 744-747
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Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn: How Post Graduate Students on Initial Teacher Training Courses Develop their Information Technology Skills
John Chatterton & Moira Monteith, Sheffield Hallam University
This paper examines, from a contructivist perspective, the ways in which student teachers seek to improve their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) skills in order to gain Qualified... More
pp. 748-753
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Setting Course for the New Millennium: Planning for ICT in a New Bachelor Degree Program
Peter Albion, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
The design of teacher education programs, including the preparation of teachers for working with Information and Communication Technology (ICT), requires careful balancing of multiple... More
pp. 756-761
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LEARNING ABOUT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION USING MULTIMEDIA
M Dhamotharan, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia; B Aris & M Abu, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia; H Ellington, The Robert Gordon University
The Malaysian Ministry of Education has given adequate opportunity for teachers to acquire knowledge and skills in operating the computer and information technology (C&IT) in order to fully... More
pp. 762-767
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INFORMATION MODEL FOR EVALUATION EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
Spyridon Bakoyiannis & Maria Grigoriadou, University of Athens, Greece
Upon the incorporation of the software in the educational process, all the changes that it will cause in the role of the educator, in the learning process by the student, in the curriculum, in the... More
pp. 768-773
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Breaking with Tradition: Constructivist Development Methodologies for the Web
Marv Howard, Iowa State University, United States
Constructivist instructors who attempt to develop a curriculum that uses browser-based multimedia technologies using traditional instructional design methodologies may find themselves dissatisfied ... More
pp. 774-777
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Design and Development of an Interactive Web-Based Curriculum in Support of the Space Science Education Initiative: Mars Millennium
Leslie Hunt, University of Houston-Clear Lake, United States; Rita Karl, Lunar and Planetary Institute, United States
This paper provides an account of the instructional design and development process used by a team of students enrolled in a graduate level course in Distance Education as the team members... More
pp. 778-783
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Different Storyboarding Methods in Multimedia Courseware Design
Leping Liu, Towson University, United States
When we use multimedia-authoring tools, such as ToolBook, or Hyperstudio, to develop courseware or course segment, we usually go through the major phases of systems development. One of the phases... More
pp. 784-789
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IN S T R U C T I O N A L DE S I GN
Stephanie Boger-Mehall, University of Houston, United States
pp. 789-790
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LEARNING THROUGH DIGNITY: PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION THEORY
Dennis Maxey, Bridgewater State College, United States
This paper describes an alternative approach to traditional instructional design models by suggesting that participatory communication theory (PCT) creates a process which values the learner's... More
pp. 790-794
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Teachers Under Construction—Incorporating Principles of Engaged and Brain Based Learning into a Constructivist “Technology in Education” Program
Lee Montgomery & David Whiting, Southern Utah University, United States
This paper is a report on the findings of an action research project conducted during an undergraduate "Technology in Education" class for preservice teachers. The course was structured using a... More
pp. 795-800
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PCA - A Digitally Manipulative Software Development Environment for Physically Challenged Participatory Design
Warren Moseley, St. Andrews, United States
This research involves creating a context for design and a support environment to create applications for the physically challenged (PC). This research explores direct manipulative user interfaces... More
pp. 801-805
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Graphic Design Software and Creativity Development
Rosa Miriam Ponce & Eduardo Martínez, La Salle University, Mexico
AbstractThis paper explores the possibilities to develop the creativity skills originality, flexibility and elaboration of graphic ideas through the use of a locally developd software applied in a... More
pp. 806-808
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Approaches for Generating Animations for Lectures
Guido Rößling & Bernd Freisleben, University of Siegen, Germany
Many software tools try to address the growing interest in supplementing course materials with animations. In this paper, we give a short review of the basic approaches for generating animations.... More
pp. 809-814
