The efficacy of World Wide Web-mediated microcomputer-based laboratory activities in the high school physics classroom

David A. Slykhuis

The efficacy of World@Wide@Web@-mediated microcomputer-based laboratory activities in the high school physics classroom (2004) pp. 1–211

This research project examined the efficacy of an online microcomputer-based laboratory based (MBL) physics unit. One hundred and fifty physics students from five high schools in North Carolina were divided into online and classroom groups. The...

Guest Editorial: Technology Proficiencies in Science Teacher Education

John C. Park; David A. Slykhuis

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 2006) pp. 218–229

The mission of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) is to promote leadership in and support for those involved in the professional development of teachers of science. The organization originated in the late 1920s through visits and...

Topics: Teachers, Professional Development, Science

Eye-Tracking Students' Attention to PowerPoint Photographs in a Science Education Setting

David A. Slykhuis; Eric N. Wiebe; Len A. Annetta

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 14, No. 5 (December 2005) pp. 509–520

Eye-tracking technology allows for the determination of the exact location of the point of gaze of a subject's eye. This study sought to take advantage of this ability to determine how students attend to science related photographs. Pre-service...

Applying the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference Vol. 2019, No. 1 (2019)

The National Educational Technology Plan (2016), charges teacher preparation programs with addressing educational technology in a program-deep and program-wide fashion with the claim that new teachers should be “prepared to teach with technology...

Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: A Conversation with the Researchers

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1055–1059

With concern about how to improve the method by which teacher candidates learn to teach with technology, four teacher educators created a list of competencies that all teacher educators would need to develop. The Teacher Educator Technology...

Topics: Workforce Education, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Special Issue Editorial - The Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: So What? Now What?

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 27, No. 4 (October 2019) pp. 431–436

“All teacher candidates should have equitable, high-quality technology experiences throughout their teacher preparation programs” (Foulger, Graziano, Schmidt-Crawford, & Slykhuis, 2017, p. 436). We wrote that sentence after having just completed a...

The Big Reveal: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

David Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2457–2461

Abstract: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs) were developed via a highly collaborative process involving many teacher educators, professional associations, and experts in the field. The research team conducted this study using the...

Topics: Creativity, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Technology Integration and Teacher Preparation: The Development of Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

Kevin J. Graziano; Teresa S. Foulger; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2336–2346

Preservice teachers should be better prepared to teach with technology ?from day one? when they enter the profession (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, 2016). Teacher preparation curricula along with teacher educators?...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 25, No. 4 (October 2017) pp. 413–448

The U.S. National Educational Technology Plan recommends the need to have a common set of technology competencies specifically for teacher educators who prepare teacher candidates to teach with technology (U.S. Department of Education, Office of...

Teaching STEM Through Historical Reconstructions: The Future Lies in the Past

David A. Slykhuis; Martin-Hansen Lisa; Christine D. Thomas; Steven Barbato

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 15, No. 3 (September 2015) pp. 255–264

Although we would agree that the components of STEM do not need to be taught all together, all the time, authentic exemplary integrated STEM curricula are difficult to find. When educators refer to integrated STEM teaching and learning, they often...

Creativity in Classrooms 2022: Field-Tested Best Practices

Daniel A. Tillman; Danah Henriksen; John Lee; David Slykhuis; Thomas J. Soto

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 1321–1322

This panel discussion brings together experts on the topic of “Creativity in Classrooms 2022: Field-Tested Best Practices” including a wide array of educational technology researchers from universities located in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and North...

Topics: Games & Simulations, Maker (Formerly Engineering Education), Creativity, Design Thinking & Innovation

TETC Professional Development: An Online Program for Teacher Educators

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Mark Hofer; John K. Lee; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 485–489

Teacher Candidates are not well enough prepared to teach with technology. While the stand-alone technology class attempts to prepare teacher candidates to use technology, all teacher education faculty need to be competent in the use of technology....

Topics: Instructional Design, faculty development, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Meeting the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies through Online Professional Development for Teacher Education Faculty

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; Mark Hofer; John K. Lee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 866–870

The 2016 National Education Technology Plan introduced a call for teacher educators to improve the technology skills of teacher candidates by integrating technology throughout their teacher preparation programs. This necessitates that all teacher...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Action Steps for Systemically Advancing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation Programs

Kevin J. Graziano; Teresa S. Foulger; Arlene C. Borthwick; Jon M. Clausen; Julie A. Moore; Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Debra Sprague

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 451–458

Every new PK-12 teacher should learn how to select and use the most appropriate technology tools so they can become proficient in teaching with technology upon entry into the field. The 2017 United States Department of Education National Educational ...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership

Multiple Perspectives on Strengthening the Ability of Teacher Education Programs to Prepare Teacher Candidates to Integrate Technology

Teresa, S. Foulger; Mamta Shah; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Rohit Mehta; Irina Lyublinskaya; Debra Sprague

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 2041–2046

In the new National Education Technology Plan from U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology, a claim is made that school districts cannot consistently count on teacher educators to help new teachers develop their ability to...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Invited Panel: Fostering New Research following the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs): Research from the JTATE Special Issue, Preparing All Teacher Educators to Support Teacher Candidates' Integration of Technology

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Yeng L. Change; Rhonda Christensen; Deborah R. Dillon; Andrea Parrish

SITE 2020--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference Vol. 2020, No. 1 (2020)

The National Educational Technology Plan claims that teacher educators are often not equipped to do their part to prepare teacher candidates to graduate as proficient users of technology for teaching & learning (U.S. Department of Education, Office...

Fostering New Research following the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs): Research from the JTATE Special Issue, Preparing All Teacher Educators to Support Teacher Candidates' Integration of Technology

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Yeng L. Chang; Rhonda Christensen; Deborah R. Dillon; Marie K. Heath; Gerald Knezek; Daniel G. Krutka; Andrea H. Parrish; William A. Sadera; Amanda Thomas

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 436–443

The National Educational Technology Plan claims that teacher educators are often not equipped to do their part to prepare teacher candidates to graduate as proficient users of technology for teaching and learning (U.S. Department of Education,...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership