Structured Communities, Science Instruction Development, And The Use Of Blogging In A Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Education Program

Steven Wall; Janice Anderson; Julie Justice

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 22, No. 3 (July 2014) pp. 361–395

This study evaluates the use of blogging and what it reveals about the development of science teaching ability in pre-service elementary education majors. The investigation occurs in a structured community and takes into consideration interactions...

Opportunities and Challenges of Using Technology to Teach for Global Readiness in the Global Read Aloud

Jeffrey Carpenter; Sydney Weiss; Julie Justice

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 822–831

Technology can create new opportunities for learning with and from people of other cultures, not just about them The Global Read Aloud (GRA) offers an example of such learning possibilities The GRA is a project that connects classrooms via digital...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, International Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Evaluating the Roles of Technology in the Global Read Aloud Project

Jeffrey P. Carpenter; Julie Ellison Justice

Computers in the Schools Vol. 34, No. 4 (2017) pp. 284–303

Computer applications readily available to many of today's teachers and students offer new possibilities for teaching and learning. One example of this can be found in the Global Read Aloud (GRA) project. Since its 2010 creation, more than one...

Teacher Efficacy in 1:1 Tablet Integration

Lana Minshew; Kathryn Caprino; Janice Anderson; Julie Justice; Cheryl Bolick

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1681–1686

This poster details the theoretical framework and current progress of a one-to-one tablet initiative at an urban middle school in the southeastern United States. Results of the first iterative cycle are examined. Issues of teachers’ efficacy with...

Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mobile Learning

The Affordance of Blogging on Establishing Communities of Practice in a Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Education Program

Julie Justice; Janice Anderson; Kathleen Nichols; Jennifer Jones Gorham; Steve Wall; Ashley Boyd; Leah Altheiser

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 49–88

This study examines the affordances of blogging on establishing communities of practice within an elementary teacher education program. Building upon the previous work with in-service teachers of Luehmann (2008), we examined pre-service teacher...