Authentic Voices From The Newly Initiated: Graduate Teacher Education Candidates Blog About Teaching and Learning

Donna Wake

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1956–1961

This study explores the voices of graduate teacher education candidates as they work to understand the rich complexities of teaching and learning through blogging. Candidates blogged in response to a carefully selected sequence of readings designed...

Teacher Centered Paradigms in Candidates’ Perceptions of Technology and Literacy Instruction

Donna Wake

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4559–4564

This study explores teacher education candidates’ perceptions of technologies used to support K-12 student literacy development. Candidates selected technologies for future adoption based on impressions of each technology’s ability to support...

Using Wikis with Pre-Service Teachers to Promote Collaborative Practice and Contextual Analysis

Donna Wake

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4781–4786

This study examines a collaborative wiki project conducted by teacher educators across two geographically and culturally diverse sites. Participants included pre-service teachers implementing a digital language experience approach project with...

The Impact of Experiential Arts Exposure on Elementary Certification Candidates: Relative Effect of Online versus. Live Format Class Structure

Wake Donna

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3823–3826

The purpose of this study is to determine which course format- live/traditional class format versus online/virtual class format - is more effective in imparting arts concepts to an elementary and special education per-service teacher population. A...

Topics: Fine Arts, Students, Research Methods, Elementary Education, Attitudes

Digital Storytelling from the Adolescent Real World

Donna Wake

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1228–1233

This study explores the use of digital storytelling with middle school (7th grade) and junior high school students (7th-9th grades) in the two rural Southern communities. Students were placed into groups and guided through the writing process to...

Digital Storytelling: Notes from the Adolescent Rural World

Donna Wake

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1464–1469

This study explores the use of digital storytelling with middle school students in two rural Southern communities. Digital storytelling is easy to implement and is an engaging and powerful means for allowing adolescents to define their voice as...

Digital Storytelling as a Modern Vehicle for the Exploration of Modern Art

Donna Wake

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2696–2701

This paper describes how digital storytelling was used to facilitate student exploration of modern art. Digital storytelling is a powerful inquiry-based learning tool and informed an art history project described here and undertaken by a class of...

Choose Your Own Adventure: A Real-World Case Study Introduction to the Teaching Profession

Donna Wake

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2269–2274

This study explores the use of asynchronous discussion boards in encouraging graduate teacher education candidates to explore the issues experienced by first year teachers. Candidates worked through three weeks of case study prompts designed to...

Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Technology Supported Literacy Practices

Donna Wake; Jeff Whittingham

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 13, No. 3 (September 2013) pp. 175–206

This study explores teacher education candidates’ perceptions of technologies used to support K-12 student literacy development. Candidates scored each technology based on their impressions of its ability to support student literacy development....

Edcamp: Listening to the Voices of Teachers

Donna Wake; Michael Mills

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1024–1030

The study examines one model for staging relevant and responsive professional development for teachers: the Edcamp model. Study results examine teacher responses to the Edcamp model conducted in one locale and provide information on the topics,...

Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Information Technology Education, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration

Exploring Learning Theory the "Wiki" Way

Donna Wake; Nathan Sain

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3001–3006

This study explores the use of Wikis to assist pre-service teachers in exploring learning theory. The Wiki approach encourages students to become critical thinkers who seek the most current and relevant information in actively building their own...

Exploring Rural Contexts with Digital Storytelling

Donna G. Wake

Rural Educator Vol. 33, No. 3 (2012) pp. 23–37

This article describes rural middle school students' exploration of their identity and their rural contexts through the vehicle of digital storytelling. Participants included 40 7th and 40 9th grade students at two rural schools in the Southeast...

Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Technology Used to Support K-12 Student Literacy Development

Donna Wake; Jeff Whittingham

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4110–4115

This study explores teacher education candidates’ perceptions of technologies used to support K-12 student literacy development. Candidates scored each technology based on their impressions of its ability to support student literacy development....

Digital Writing in the Early Grades: What Emergent Writers Can Teach Us

Donna Wake; Jeff Whittingham

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4553–4558

This article examines the use of digital writing with late elementary and early middle school students in a writing project model summer camp. Students’ written blogs and their response to a digital writing survey were analyzed for emergent themes...

Exploring Learning Theory the Wiki Way

Donna Wake; Nathan Sain

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3007–3012

This study explores the use of Wikis to assist pre-service teachers in exploring learning theory. The Wiki approach encourages students to become critical thinkers who seek the most current and relevant information in actively building their own...

Edcamp: Listening to the Voices of Teachers

Donna Wake; Michael Mills

Issues in Teacher Education Vol. 27, No. 3 (2018) pp. 90–106

Effective professional development (PD) can be a powerful tool in school success and teacher satisfaction; however, teachers often report their PD experiences as lackluster or not responsive to their immediate needs (Desimone, 2011; Guskey, 2009;...

Using Augmented Reality to Explicate Science Fiction Genre

Donna Wake; Amy Dibble

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2117–2121

This study describes a 7th grade literacy and science collaboration project using augmented reality to support students’ writing and speaking around a science fiction unit of study. The researchers included one first year teacher supported by a...

Topics: Creativity, English Education, Digital Storytelling/Video, Literacy, Collaboration

Bearscode: The Blueprint of a Robotics and Programming Summer Camp

Haihong (Helen) Hu; Donna Wake

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 38–40

This proposal discusses a project, the Bearscode Summer Camp, in its design and development stage. The presenters would like to describe the blueprint of a Robotics and Programming Summer Camp based on the engineering design practice and...

Topics: Instructional Design, Computational Thinking, STEM Innovation

Modeling Active Engagement and Technology Integration: Learning to Teach Literacy Skills and Strategies

Virginia B. Modla; Donna Glenn Wake

Journal on Excellence in College Teaching Vol. 18, No. 1 (2007) pp. 123–146

The authors detail technology-based active literacy strategies that they employed with preservice teachers to enhance their skill and comfort level in providing appropriate technology-supported literacy instruction to future students. They examine...

The Effects of Virtual Coaching on Teacher Candidates’ Instructional Development

Donna Wake; Alicia Cotabish; Tammy Benson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1315–1320

A virtual coaching intervention utilizing Skype VoIP and Bug-in-the-Ear (BIE) Bluetooth technology paired with tablet devices provided immediate guidance and feedback to nontraditional teacher candidates during a semester-long internship experience. ...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Research & Evaluation, Wearable Technologies

Using Wikis with Teacher Candidates: Promoting Collaborative Practice and Contextual Analysis

Donna Glenn Wake; Virginia B. Modla

Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 44, No. 3 (2012) pp. 243–265

This article examines a collaborative study that two teacher educators conducted across two sites. Participants included teacher candidates implementing a digital language experience approach project with elementary learners. The teacher candidates...

Data Driven Decision Making: Integrating Authentic Technologies in Teacher Preparation

Jason Trumble; Donna Wake; Michael Mills

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1199–1205

This presentation describes the efforts of program faculty to support candidates? data driven decision-making through adoption of two technology-based platforms developed and offered by the state department of education. Faculty partnered with the...

Topics: Assessment and E-Folios, Information Literacy Education (Library & Media Science)

The Effects of Virtual Coaching on Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions and Concerns Regarding On-Demand Corrective Feedback

Donna Wake; Debbie Dailey; Alicia Cotabish; Tammy Benson

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 25, No. 3 (July 2017) pp. 327–357

** Invited as a paper from SITE 2016 ** A virtual coaching intervention utilizing Skype and Bluetooth (Bug-in-the-Ear) technology provided immediate corrective feedback to non-traditional teacher candidates during a semester-long internship...

Innovation through Bug-in-the-Ear Supervision: The Effects of Virtual Coaching on Teacher Candidates’ Instructional Development

Donna Wake; Alicia Cotabish; Tammy Benson; Debbie Dailey; Amy Thompson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 422–429

A virtual coaching intervention utilizing Skype and Bluetooth (Bug-in-the-Ear) technology provided immediate corrective feedback to non-traditional teacher candidates. Participants completed the internship as a requirement of a teacher preparation...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Technology Leadership, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies