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Children's Understanding of and Interactions with Anthropomorphic Toys
Andrea Francis; Punya Mishra
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 411–416
Interactive toys for children are becoming more popular for both play and educational purposes, yet very little work has explored the social and cognitive implications of such interactions. Robotic animals exhibit both "living" and "pretend"...
Topics: Children, Social Studies, Interaction, Cognition, Behavior
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What Educators Get Wrong About 21st Century Learning
Punya Mishra; Rohit Mehta
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2968–2975
The question “What knowledge is of most worth?” is one that deserves being revisited and revised periodically. This is of particular significance today, given the influence of digital technologies on learning. Kereluik et al. (2013) offered a...
Topics: Creativity, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Values, Beliefs, and Perspectives: Teaching Online within the Zone of Possibility Created by Technology
Kathryn Dirkin; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3811–3817
This study explores the transactional relationship between three professors’ beliefs and values about teaching and learning and the course management system within which their beliefs were manifested. This study used a qualitative design with a...
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Developing Trans-disciplinary creativity, rethinking the C in TPACK
Kristen Kereluik; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 4368–4371
This brief paper discusses the 21st century skills movement, and transformative learning theory as a framework for fostering these skills in both teachers and students. TPACK is discussed as a bridge between theory and practice and as a route...
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Getting the digital generation to integrate technology in their learning: A framework for disciplinary learning with technology for adolescents
Kristen Kereluik; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2883–2892
Though often described as digital natives, there is some research to indicate that today’s learners are not adequately equipped to learn disciplinary content using technology. This paper seeks to address this concern by offering a framework for...
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Pre-Service Teachers and the Web: Does Access to the Web Enhance Creative Thinking about Teaching?
Mike DeSchryver; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2560–2565
This study examined teacher creativity and its relationship with emerging technologies. Eight pre-service mathematics teachers of high and low creative skill were asked to generate creative ways of introducing specific topics to students. Each...
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Educational Technology by Design: Results from a Survey Assessing its Effectiveness
Punya Mishra; Matthew Koehler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1511–1517
We introduce Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) as a way of representing what teachers need to know about technology, and argue for the role of authentic design-based activities in the development of this knowledge. We report data...
Topics: Faculty, Instructional Design
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Do 21st Century Learning Environments Support Self-Directed Learning? Middle School Students’ Response to an Intentionally Designed Learning Environment
Chris Fahnoe; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3131–3139
21st Century Learning Frameworks identify Self-Directed Learning (SDL) as a being a critical skill for students yet little empirical research is available. This mixed-methods study focuses on self-directed learning skills by middle school students...
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The Claims of Games: A Comprehensive Review and Directions for Future Research
Punya Mishra; Aroutis Foster
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2227–2232
Educational games have become the lightning rod for learning and preparing a future skilled workforce. Both the people, who argue against and for games agree that learning is possible, but what is learned is another issue. However, the claims about...
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Designing the new generation of computer labs for a college of education
Sean Leahy; Punya Mishra
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 1129–1132
The purpose of this brief paper presentation is to share the experiences of a complete redesign of the computer lab model and the role it can play to foster creativity, innovation, and improve the learner experience through discovery within a...
Topics: Innovative online learning and educational programming, (2017) Implementation Examples & Issues, (2017) Other
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Disciplinary Knowledge Construction while Playing a Simulation Strategy Game
Aroutis Foster; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1439–1444
Game-based learning has proliferated as a result of the claims people make about games and learning. Using a mixed-methods methodology, this study assesses the motivational valuing of the disciplinary knowledge and gameplay, the disciplinary...
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What 21st Century Learning? A review and a synthesis
Punya Mishra; Kristen Kereluik
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3301–3312
The discussion of 21st century skills has become increasingly prevalent in educational discourse and several organizations have developed 21st century frameworks. This papers seeks to compare prominent 21st century frameworks to both provide...
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Adolescents’ activities online and how their notions of learning shape strategies and expectation
Kristen Kereluik; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 33–42
This paper reports on a case study of adolescents’ experiences online. Specifically this study sought to explore adolescents’ typical Internet use and understand how adolescents’ notions of learning impacted their use of self-regulated learning...
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Teaching as design: Implications for learning to teach with technology
Raven Wallace; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2506–2510
Teachers, particularly those working with technology, have to deal with the issue of design. However, it is often hard to describe what design means. This paper offers an analytic framework for better understanding the process of design and...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Switching Between Reading Stances: Intertextuality and Comprehension in Multimodal Texts
Rohit Mehta; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1604–1610
We live in a world immersed in a variety of linguistic and nonlinguistic modes of representation. As we extend the poststructuralist definition of text to new media, it is important that we extend our research on intertextuality and meaning-making...
Topics: English Education, Digital Storytelling/Video, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Why do Some Teachers Trust Digital Technologies and Others Don't?
Andrea Francis; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3749–3751
Digital technologies have the potential to provide educators with new ways of instructing and learning. However, some educators still choose not to integrate such technologies in their classes. We suggest that differing levels of teacher trust in...
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Teachers and Design: A Literature Review
Melissa Warr; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1265–1272
Many scholars have used a design lens to understand teachers and teacher education. Design is changing an existing situation to a desired one; it is the process of creating something new. The literature on teachers and design is broad and describes...
Topics: Creativity, Research & Evaluation, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK): Confronting the Wicked Problems of Teaching with Technology
Punya Mishra; Matthew J. Koehler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2214–2226
We introduce Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) as being essential for effective technology integration in teaching (Mishra & Koehler, 2006). We emphasize teacher knowledge for two reasons. First, because we view the teacher as an...
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Technology diffusion in the culture of higher education
Lisa Peruski; Punya Mishra; Cheryl Rosaen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1731–1736
Abstract: We draw from research on the culture of higher education to describe the process of technology diffusion within a large teacher education program. We followed the activities of a small, diverse group of individuals administering a PT3...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Explorations into Teacher Moderating and Student Engagement in a Unique Synchronous Environment
Shufang Shi; Curtis J. Bonk; Punya Mishra
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2935–2940
There is a significant gap in the research on teacher online moderation as well as in student engagement online. In response, this study explores the linkages between forms of teacher moderating and student behavioral, emotional, and intellectual...
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Beyond TPACK: Expanding Technology and Teacher Education to Systems and Culture
Melissa Warr; Punya Mishra; Ben Scragg
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 2558–2562
Despite copious amounts of research on technology in education, many teachers still struggle to use technology effectively. Much research on technology integration focuses on teacher education and design. For example, the TPACK framework describes...
Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Research & Evaluation, Technology Leadership
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Collaboration, Creation, and Community: A Virtual Community of Practice for Teacher Educators
Jodie Donner; Melissa Warr; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 406–410
Instructors who work at large universities or in distance learning programs often have limited face-to-face contact with one another leading to fewer collaboration and co-learning opportunities. A lack of consistent interaction can make designing...
Topics: faculty development
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Developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) Through Teaching Online
Punya Mishra; Lisa Peruski; Matthew Koehler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2208–2213
Abstract: This is a cross-case analysis of three faculty members who designed and taught online classes for the first time. In a "learning technology by design" class, faculty and students cooperatively designed an online class that the faculty...
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Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Development of Turkish Pre-service Teachers of English
Gokce Kurt; Punya Mishra; Zeynep Kocoglu
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 5073–5077
Changes having occurred in the field of education have affected the body of knowledge that teachers need to promote successful language learning of their students (van Olphen, 2008). The present study aims to examine the TPACK development of Turkish ...
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Education:=Coding+Aesthetics; Aesthetic Understanding, Computer Science Education, and Computational Thinking
Jonathon Good; Sarah Keenan; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 91–98
The popular press is rife with examples of how students in the United States and around the globe are learning to program, make, and tinker. The Hour of Code, maker-education, and similar efforts are advocating that more students be exposed to...
Topics: Science Education, Computational Thinking
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The Process of Learning in a Simulation Strategy Game: Disciplinary Knowledge Construction
Aroutis Foster; Punya Mishra; Matthew Koehler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 1903–1910
Game-based learning is pervasive in education. There are claims about what students learn and the process by which they learn; however, notable researchers still question what is learned from games. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study...
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Reconsidering the T and C in TPACK: Repurposing technologies for interdisciplinary knowledge
Kristen Kereluik; Punya Mishra; Matthew Koehler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3892–3899
This paper discusses the TPACK framework and offers a critique of its applicability to address the demands of teaching and learning in the 21st century. We propose a reframing of Content Knowledge (C) to address the increasingly salient role of...
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YOU ARE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN FILMS
Rohit Mehta; Danah Henriksen; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 561–567
Educational researchers have rarely, if ever, focused attention on the public perception of educational technology, even though these popular/societal perceptions may drive investment and implementation at broader levels. In this paper we seek to...
Topics: Creativity, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration, Digital Storytelling/Video
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Computational Thinking in Computer Science Classrooms: Viewpoints from CS Educators
Jon Good; Aman Yadav; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 51–59
Computational thinking (CT) has been described as a mental activity, a problem solving approach, and a skill fundamental to most disciplines. For teachers, the varied definitions of CT make it difficult to integrate into the curriculum. The...
Topics: Computational Thinking
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The 5 Discourses of Design in e-Learning
Punya Mishra; Ben Scragg; Melissa Warr
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 1362–1365
The history of educational technology is littered with cycles of hype and despair about the potential of a new technology and how it would transform education. We suggest that one reason our field has not been successful at changing education is...
Topics: (2017) Research, (2017) Policy Issues, (2017) Instructional Design, Other
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What Do We Mean When We “Design” e-Learning Solutions? An Analysis of Discourses on Design, Technology, and Education
Melissa Warr; Danah Henriksen; Punya Mishra
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 717–722
Creators of e-learning solutions often call themselves “designers,” but what does it mean when they “design”? The broader educational research literature has recently seen an increase in interest around design, but the meaning of design across...
Topics: Game-based learning
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Boundary Crossings: An Activity Theoretical Analysis of Technology Diffusion in a Teacher Education Program
Lisa Peruski; Punya Mishra; Cheryl Rosaen; Matthew Koehler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1647–1653
Abstract: Technology diffusion refers to the process of spreading a program of technology use across/throughout an organization, program, etc. We used activity theory to frame the research design and analysis of a qualitative study with the goal of...
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With a Little Help from Your Students: A New Model for Faculty Development and Online Course Design
Punya Mishra; Matthew J. Koehler; Kathryn Hershey; Lisa Peruski
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2002 (April 2002)
Institutions of higher education must find ways to develop the expertise needed to teach in the online world. Rather than address the technology as a separate set of skills that can be addressed separately through workshops, this paper makes the...
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With a little help from your students: A new model for faculty development and online course design
Matthew Koehler; Kathryn Hershey; Lisa Peruski; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 688–692
We describe an approach to faculty development that brings together senior education faculty and graduate students to design online learning environments. This approach forces course designers to confront beliefs about what constitutes good teaching,...
Topics: Educational Technology, Faculty, Students
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Moodle vs. Facebook: Does using Facebook for Discussions in an Online Course Enhance Perceived Social Presence and Student Interaction?
Michael DeSchryver; Punya Mishra; Matthew Koehleer; Andrea Francis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 329–336
In this study, we investigated the effect of using the social network site Facebook for discussions in an online course. Data were collected from concurrent offerings of an introductory educational psychology course, one using Facebook discussion...
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Distributed TPACK: Going Beyond Knowledge in the Head
Nicoletta Di Blas; Paolo Paolini; Sandra Sawaya; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2464–2472
The TPACK framework has received a lot of attention lately. For the most part, it has been seen as a form of teacher-knowledge residing within the head of individual teachers. Teaching with technology, however, is a complex task and often requires ...
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Innovative Digital Design Technologies that Support Student Creativity
Daniel Tillman; Shaunna Smith; Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 182–187
This roundtable discusses research on the utilization of innovative digital design technologies to support interdisciplinary education, such as contextualized mathematics education within music themed activities. As an example, the 2013 “World Music ...
Topics: Creativity, Digital Fabrication
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Successful Teaching with Technology: The Complex Interplay of Content, Pedagogy, and Technology
Matthew Koehler; Punya Mishra; Kurnia Yahya; Aman Yadav
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2347–2354
In this paper we introduce our model for faculty development and technology integration that focuses on the complex interplay between content, pedagogy and technology. We exemplify our pedagogic technique for faculty development (called learning by...
Topics: Educational Technology, Integration, Faculty
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Fail Again, Fail Better: Contextual factors that influence creativity in technology mediated learning contexts
Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen; Shaunna Smith; Michael DeSchryver; Chris Fahnoe; Colin Terry; William Cain; Jonathon Good
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1892–1897
This symposium addresses issues of the kinds of technology-mediated contexts that support creativity. An additional theme is that of how the idea of failure can prompt the creative process. Presenters in this symposium will describe the theoretical, ...
Topics: Creativity
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Examining Preservice Teachers' Development of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in an Introductory Instructional Technology Course
Denise Schmidt; Evrim Baran; Ann Thompson; Matthew Koehler; Mishra Punya; Tae Shin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 4145–4151
Grounded in Schulman’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (1986), Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) has emerged as a useful frame for describing and understanding the goals for technology use in preservice teacher education. The ...
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Changing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) through Course Experiences
Tae Shin; Matthew Koehler; Punya Mishra; Denise Schmidt; Evrim Baran; Ann Thompson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 4152–4159
Teachers’ understanding of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge is critical in accomplishing successful technology integration in teaching. This study investigated how in-service teachers’ beliefs about teaching and technology changed as a...
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Building Multidisciplinary Connections: Intersections of Content, Creativity, and Digital Fabrication Technologies
Shaunna Smith; Daniel Tillman; Punya Mishra; David Slykhuis; Curby Alexander; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Church; Adam Goodman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2506–2510
This symposium seeks to address how various digital fabrication technologies can be integrated for authentic experiential learning that nurtures creativity and fosters the development of multidisciplinary connections. With the unique ability to...
Topics: Creativity, Engineering Education, Digital Fabrication
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49 Stories That Make an Ultimate STEM Lesson Plan
Swati Mehta; Rohit Mehta; Inese Berzina-Pitcher; Christopher Seals; Punya Mishra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2621–2629
In this paper we reviewed what 49 large urban public school district STEM teachers enrolled in a year-long graduate certificate and fellowship program at a large Midwestern university considered as their amazing teaching moments. They were asked to...
Topics: Science Education, Creativity, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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What would John Dewey Do: Programmatic design for developing TPACK for 21st Century Learning
Kristen Kereluik; Punya Mishra; Michelle Hagerman; Leigh Wolf; Mike DeSchryver; Petra Fisser; Tae Shin; Laura Terry; Matt Koehler; Jodi Spicer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4718–4723
This symposium addresses these issues and presents three in-depth case studies, as part of a holistic Masters program, specifically aimed at developing teachers TPACK and creative technology integration. We describe the design, around the power of...
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Enhancing Urban Teachers STEM and Leadership Capacities: A preliminary report on a unique private-public-public partnership
Punya Mishra; Leigh Wolf; Sonya Gunnings Moton; Candace Marcotte; Kyle Shack; Akesha Horton; Christopher Seals; Alex Lishinski; Dakota Pawlicki
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 987–992
This symposium discusses a unique example of private-public-public partnership (the MSU-Wipro STEM & Leadership program) to enhance the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) teaching and leadership capacities of teachers in a large...
Topics: Leadership, Schools, Engineering, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education
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What would John Dewey Do: Programmatic design for developing TPACK for 21st Century Learning
Kristen Kereluik; Punya Mishra; Michelle Hagerman; Mike DeSchryver; Leigh Wolf; Petra Fisser; Tae Shin; Laura Terry; Matt Koehler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4724–4728
This symposium addresses these issues and presents three in-depth case studies, as part of a holistic Masters program, specifically aimed at developing teachers TPACK and creative technology integration. We describe the design, around the power of...
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Enhancing Urban Teachers STEM and Leadership Capacities: A preliminary report on a unique private-public-public partnership
Punya Mishra; Leigh Wolf; Sonya Gunnings Moton; Candace Marcotte; Kyle Shack; Akesha Horton; Christopher Seals; Alex Lishinski; Dakota Pawlicki
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 981–986
This symposium discusses a unique example of private-public-public partnership (the MSU-Wipro STEM & Leadership program) to enhance the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) teaching and leadership capacities of teachers in a large...
Topics: Leadership, Schools, Graduate Education & Faculty Development, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education
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Breaking Disciplinary Boundaries in 21st Century Learning: Creative Teaching with Digital Technologies: Part 2
Punya Mishra; Chris Fahnoe; Danah Henriksen; Kristen Kereluik; Mike DeSchryver; Sean Leahy; Laura Terry; Leigh Graves Wolf
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4210–4215
This symposium addresses issues of creativity in the 21st century - specifically dealing with a framework we suggest is beneficial to teaching creatively with technology. The overarching framework of trans-disciplinary thinking deals with meta-level ...
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(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
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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