Replacing the Tin Can: Creating an Effective

Karen M. Dutt-Doner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1188–1192

com•mu’ni•cate 1. to impart, transmit; 2. to make known, tell; 3. to be connected; 4. to hold converse; impart ideas or information - Scribner Dictionary, 1977 It is easy to remember fondly the days when we would hold a tin can to our ear which was...

Modeling Effective Use of the Internet to Teacher Candidates

Karen M. Dutt-Doner

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1514–1515

It is clear to all teacher educators that prospective teachers need to become prepared to implement technology into their classroom practices and teaching. The TEAMS (Teachers for Elementary and Middle School) Program is an undergraduate teacher...

Topics: Teachers, Integration, Middle School Education

How Do We Get From Here to There? Reports From a Teacher Education Program Learning How to Implement Technology

Karen M. Dutt-Doner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 533–537

The purpose of this paper is to examine one institution's process of working through all of the necesary decisions as it prepares to implement technology as a strand into a new undergraduate teacher preparation program. In this way, this case...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers

Standards Based Reflection: The Virtual Teacher Project

Karen Dutt-Doner; Susan Powers

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1616–1617

In Indiana, the current dilemma facing teacher education programs is how to best teach about and assess students on the standards adopted by the Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB), and in particular, the dispositional component found in...

Topics: Teachers, Standards

The Challenge of Developing College Wide Technology Standards

Karen Dutt-Doner; Desi Larson; India Broyles

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 651–656

The technology requirements prescribed by NCATE for teacher education programs pose unique challenges when all programs within a college of education and human development enter the self-examination process together. This research study examines the ...

Topics: Educational Technology

Enhancing the Preservice Teacher Experience through Electronic Discussions

Susan M. Powers; Karen M. Dutt-Doner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 1213–1217

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The Use of Electronic Communication to Develop Alternative Avenues for Classroom Discussion

Karen M. Dutt-Doner; Susan M. Powers

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 2 (2000) pp. 153–172

Electronic discussion groups such as newsgroups can pro-vide an effective, alternative avenue for fostering class dis-cussion. This paper discusses how the use of a newsgroup with elementary preservice teachers enabled discussion on classroom...

Topics: Students

Enhancing the Preservice Teacher Experience through Electronic Discussions

Susan M. Powers; Karen M. Dutt-Doner

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1213–1217

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Perspectives on Meeting the Immediate Needs of Accreditation and Long-Term Goals of Program Improvement through Electronic Exhibit Centers

Susan Powers; Kenneth Janz; Karen Dutt-Doner; Christy Coleman

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 134–138

Technology tools impact the way we approach accreditation. To one extent, we can assume that the technology is a critical component for a successful visit and report. However, it can also be viewed that technology can be a tool to unify a unit and...

Using Electronic Primary Source Documents on the Library of Congress Website to Improve the Teaching of Social Studies

Mary Rech-Rockwell; Karen Dutt-Doner; Susan Allen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3113–3115

With the advent of the Library of Congress website, teachers and students have had access to millions of digitized documents (manuscripts, diaries, maps, photographs, etc.). With this innovation, students can now use their own critical thinking...

Topics: Teachers, Social Studies, Students, Library

A New Digital Divide: Bridging the Generation Gap

Susan Powers; Kenneth Janz; Karen Dutt-Doner; Melissa Thomeczek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4284–4288

A generation gap generally can be construed as a difference between values and attitudes between generations. These differences can be further exasperated by a difference in experiences and interests. Given this, we have often experienced a...

Topics: Digital Divide

Using the Library of Congress Web site to Enhance Student Learning

Karen Dutt-Doner; Susan Allen; Mary Rech-Rockwell

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 579–584

The Library of Congress has developed a comprehensive web site that has digitized historical documents from the Library's collections and made them available online to anyone. The American Memory Collections is one feature that helps educators use...

Topics: Classrooms, Library