Mathematics Teachers Using Whole-Class Visualization: Demonstrations

Joe Garofalo

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) p. 3732

Effective teacher preparation for one-computer classrooms requires dynamic and compelling materials and methods, coupled with appropriate technologies. We have equipped pre-service secondary mathematics teachers with Interactive Display Systems ...

Topics: Teachers, Teaching Methods, Students

Macromedia Flash as a Tool for Mathematics Teaching and Learning

Joe Garofalo; Tim Summers

School Science and Mathematics Vol. 104, No. 2 (Feb 01, 2004)

Macromedia Flash is a powerful and robust development tool. Because of its graphical, sound, and animation capabilities (and ubiquitous browser plug-in), major companies employ it in their website development (see www.nike.com or www.espn.com)....

Commentary: Ubiquitous Computing Revisited— A New Perspective

Glen Bull; Joe Garofalo

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 2006) pp. 271–274

In 2002 representatives from the teacher educator associations representing the core content areas (science, mathematics, language arts, and social studies) and educational technology met at the National Technology Leadership Retreat (NTLR) to...

Topics: Social Studies, Educational Technology, Leadership, Social Sciences

Novice Mathematics Teachers’ Use of Technology-Generated Representations

Virginia Fraser; Joe Garofalo

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3984–3992

The purpose of this study was to describe how and understand why novice mathematics teachers incorporated technology-generated representations in their instruction. The participants in the study were graduates of a technology-rich teacher...

Novice mathematics teachers’ use of technology to enhance student engagement, questioning, generalization, and conceptual understanding

Virginia Fraser; Joe Garofalo

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 29–51

The purpose of this study was to describe how and why novice mathematics teachers incorporated technology-generated representations in their instruction. The participants in the study were graduates of a technology-rich mathematics teacher educator...

Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Growth in Incorporating Technology into their Teaching Practices

Barbara Swartz; Joe Garofalo

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4870–4877

The purpose of this study is to document improvements in pre-service mathematics teachers’ (PSMTs) standards-based use of technology in their teaching over a two-semester mathematics pedagogy course through the use of a multidimensional...

Preparing Teachers to Teach Mathematics with Technology: Key Issues, Concerns and Research Questions

Margaret Niess; Joe Garofalo

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3796–3801

With formal approval of its Technology Position Statement, the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) identified the importance of assuring that all mathematics teachers and teacher candidates have opportunities to acquire the knowledge ...

Topics: Teachers, Mathematics

Proceedings of the Fourth National Technology Leadership Summit: Open Resources in Education

Glen Bull; Joe Garofalo

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 2, No. 4 (2002) pp. 530–555

The underpinnings of computer science were developed in university research centers. University researchers often shared and exchanged code as a way of learning new programming techniques. During that era, the majority of software was what might be...

Topics: Computer Sciences

Learning about Surface Area through a Digital Fabrication-Augmented Unit

Kimberly Corum; Joe Garofalo

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 35, No. 1 (January 2016) pp. 33–59

Surface area is consistently identified as a curriculum standard for K-12 students and it regularly appears on national and international assessments. Recently, many schools began acquiring digital fabrication and advanced manufacturing equipment....

Topics: Schools, Classrooms, Curriculum, Students

Using Dynamic Sketches to Enhance Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Understanding of Limits of Sequences

Beth L. Cory; Joe Garofalo

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 65–96

This study investigates 3 preservice secondary mathematics teachers' understandings of limits of sequences and their changing conceptions of limit during and after instruction involving interactive, dynamic sketches embodying the formal definition...

iChat[TM] Do You? Using Desktop Web Conferencing in Education

Randy L. Bell; Joe Garofalo

School Science and Mathematics Vol. 106, No. 1 (January 2006)

Videoconferencing is not a new technology and it has been widely used in educational settings since the mid-1980s. Videoconferencing has evolved into the integration of personal computers to what is now referred to as Web conferencing. In the mid...

An Introduction to Computational Thinking Through Art, Music, and Games

Glen Bull; Joe Garofalo; N. Rich Nguyen

(2019) pp. 1–107

An Introduction to Computational Thinking provides an introduction to design and creativity through use of a computer to create art and music. It also serves as an introduction to computational thinking – the art of developing a solution in a form...

Student Teachers’ Use of Technology-Generated Representations: Exemplars and Rationales

Nicole Juersivich; Joe Garofalo; Virginia Fraser

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 2 (April 2009) pp. 149–173

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics identified technology as a feature of high-quality mathematics education. One way that teachers can use technology to facilitate their pupils’ mathematical understanding is through the generating and...

Topics: Mathematics, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods

Teaching with Digital Video in the Mathematics Classroom

Margaret Niess; Joe Garofalo; Janet Walker

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3602–3605

Today’s mathematics teachers must adapt their teaching and learn to incorporate interactive, dynamic technologies such as digital videos in ways that communicate the information in ways familiar to how today’s students learn and communicate. ...

Guidelines for Developing Mathematical Activities

Joe Garofalo; Tod Shockey; Holly Drier

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 597–598

The Center for Technology and Teacher Education at the Curry School of Education is currently funded to develop materials to help pre-service and in-service secondary mathematics and social studies teachers incorporate technology into their teaching....

Enhancing Lesson Planning and Quality of Classroom Life: A Study of Mathematics Student Teachers' Use of Technology

Virginia Fraser; Joe Garofalo; Nicole Juersivich

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (April 2011) pp. 169–188

In this paper, we report on (1) how preservice secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs), who had experiences doing and practice-teaching mathematics in a technology-rich environment, subsequently used this technology when planning lessons and (2) how...

Topics: Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics, Teachers, Secondary Education, Planning

Not Your Typical Math Class

Hollylynne Stohl Drier; Kara M. Dawson; Joe Garofalo

Educational Leadership Vol. 56, No. 5 (1999) pp. 21–25

Technology offers tools and information that students need to explore real-world mathematical connections and investigate questions reflecting their own interests. This article illustrates how students can use technology to gather and interpret...

The Make to Learn Electric Motor Design Sequence

Glen Bull; Joe Garofalo; Michael Littman; Matthew Hoffman

International Journal of Designs for Learning Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jun 13, 2018) pp. 1–13

Make to Learn Invention Kits allow students to reconstruct working models of historic inventions. This design case describes the development of a series of Make to Learn Electric Motor Invention Kits that spans the time frame from development of the ...

Language: English

Focusing the Technology Leadership: Key Technologies to Integrate into Secondary Math and Science Classrooms

Barbara Swartz; Yash Patel; Sara Dexter; Joe Garofalo

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4861–4869

An ever-increasing influence in society, technology can be an effective teaching and learning tool in mathematics and science classrooms. To realize such possibility, however, requires school leaders to provide clear direction on where to focus...

Commentaries on Grand Challenges Preparing for the Technological Tipping Point

Glen Bull; Gina Bull; Joe Garofalo; Judi Harris

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 2, No. 1 (2002) p. 73

A future in which every student has a portable wireless device is inevitable.

Revisiting the first CITE Journal and the state of promoting and preparing teachers to use technology in the content areas.

John Lee; Marshall George; Joe Garofalo; John Park; David Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) p. 2567

This session will present four new versions of the very first articles accepted into the CITE journal examining the state and role of technology in pre-service teacher education. We will examine what has and has not changed in the last 15 years as...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Linear Motor Laboratory

Glen Bull; Joe Garofalo; Michael Littman; Roger Sherman

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 22, No. 4 (December 2022) pp. 685–706

This paper describes use of a linear motor as a starting point for introducing related electricity and magnetism concepts. The Linear Motor Laboratory consists of a series of mechanisms and student learning activities centered around a...

Aiming for Inquiry: A Deep and Wide View of Exemplary Strategies for Preparing Teachers to Teach for Inquiry

Philip Molebash; Bernie Dodge; John Lee; Joe Garofalo; Randy Bell; Carl Young

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3911–3914

Of the valleys and peaks of learning experiences, inquiry could be considered the Mount Everest. In the battle to increase student engagement and achievement, there has been a clear shift in the goals of learning—a direction in which authentic...

Aiming for Inquiry: A Deep and Wide View of Exemplary Strategies for Preparing Teachers to Teach for Inquiry

Philip Molebash; Bernie Dodge; John Lee; Joe Garofalo; Randy Bell; Carl Young

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3907–3910

Of the valleys and peaks of learning experiences, inquiry could be considered the Mount Everest. In the battle to increase student engagement and achievement, there has been a clear shift in the goals of learning—a direction in which authentic...

Key Research Questions for Information Technology in the Core Disciplines, Part 1

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; John Park; Joe Garofalo; Margaret Niess; David Hicks; Janet Swenson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 950–951

This symposium features presentations led by SITE Vice Presidents (VPs) from the disciplines of Science, Math, Social Studies, English and Early Childhood. The focus is on key research questions for information technology in the core disciplines....

Topics: Social Sciences, Information Sciences, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Social Studies

Connecting Informal and Formal Learning Experiences in the Age of Participatory Media

Glen Bull; Ann Thompson; Mike Searson; Joe Garofalo; John Park; Carl Young; John Lee

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 2 (June 2008) pp. 100–107

The renaissance stimulated by the World Wide Web is generating multiple formats and channels of communication and creativity. These include blogs, wikis, instant messaging, and texting in the realm of writing, podcasting in audio, countless sites...

Promoting Appropriate Uses of Technology in Mathematics Teacher Preparation

Hollylynne Stohl Drier; Suzanne Harper; Maria A. Timmerman; Joe Garofalo; Tod Shockey

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 1, No. 1 (2000) pp. 66–88

In the Principles and Standards of School Mathematics the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) identified the "Technology Principle" as one of six principles of high quality mathematics education (NCTM, 2000). This principle states: ...

Topics: Professional Development, Educational Technology, Change, Teachers, Mathematics

(In)disciplined Creativity in Teacher Education

Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen; John C. Park; John Lee; Joe Garofalo; Carl Young; Douglas Hartman; Sara Kajder; William Cain

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1887–1891

Over the past several decades, creativity has become a subject of heightened interest to the field of teaching (Plucker, Beghetto, and Dow, 2004). There is a strong, and generally agreed-upon conviction on the relevance and necessity of creativity...

Topics: Creativity

Editorial: Integrated STEM and Current Directions in the STEM Community

Andrea C. Burrows; Joe Garofalo; Steven Barbato; Rhonda Christensen; Michael Grant; - Kinshuk; Jennifer Parrish; Christine Thomas; Tandra Tyler-Wood

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 4 (December 2017) pp. 478–482

uring this National Technology Leadership Summit (NTLS; see ntls.info), concurrent “strand” deliberations took place over 2 days. One of those strands was entitled American Innovations in the Content Areas: STEM, and the discussion within that...

Creativity SIG Symposium: Creativity Across the Disciplines: Exploring the Boundaries of Teacher Education

Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen; William Cain; Adam Friedman; Joe Garofalo; Douglas Hartman; David Hicks; John Lee; John C. Park; Shaunna Smith

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1941–1946

Over the past several decades, creativity has become a subject of heightened interest to the field of teaching (Plucker, Beghetto, and Dow, 2004). Research has shown that teachers, as mentors and role models, are principal constituents in developing ...

Topics: Creativity

Creativity SIG Symposium: Creativity Across the Disciplines: Exploring the Boundaries of Teacher Education

Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen; William Cain; Adam Friedman; Joe Garofalo; Douglas Hartman; David Hicks; John Lee; John C. Park; Shaunna Smith

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1935–1940

Over the past several decades, creativity has become a subject of heightened interest to the field of teaching (Plucker, Beghetto, and Dow, 2004). Research has shown that teachers, as mentors and role models, are principal constituents in developing ...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Creativity, Research Methods

Editorial: Implementing the Teacher Education Initiative

Glen Bull; Marshall George; Melanie Shoffner; Cheryl Mason Bolick; John Lee; Janice Anderson; David Slykhuis; Joe Garofalo; Robin Angotti; Elizabeth West; Mary Herring; Sara Dexter; Abbie Brown; Mark Hofer

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 12, No. 2 (June 2012) pp. 115–121

Representatives from ten specialty professional associations affiliated with the National Technology Leadership Coalition (NTLC) are collaborating with Microsoft Corporation to develop an innovative professional development opportunity for teacher...

Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2013

(2013) pp. 1–186

Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education is now in its fifth year of publication, and has become one of the most important journals for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). This journal represents the...