The Big Reveal: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

David Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2457–2461

Abstract: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs) were developed via a highly collaborative process involving many teacher educators, professional associations, and experts in the field. The research team conducted this study using the...

Topics: Creativity, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Invited Commentary: The Time is Now! Creating Technology Competencies for Teacher Educators

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; David Slykhuis; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Torrey Trust

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 3 (July 2016) pp. 249–256

The way preservice teachers learn to use technology within their practice varies widely depending on the learning opportunities available (e.g., technology-infused teacher preparation program vs. standalone education technology course), and the...

Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: A Conversation with the Researchers

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1055–1059

With concern about how to improve the method by which teacher candidates learn to teach with technology, four teacher educators created a list of competencies that all teacher educators would need to develop. The Teacher Educator Technology...

Topics: Workforce Education, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Technology Integration and Teacher Preparation: The Development of Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

Kevin J. Graziano; Teresa S. Foulger; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2336–2346

Preservice teachers should be better prepared to teach with technology ?from day one? when they enter the profession (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, 2016). Teacher preparation curricula along with teacher educators?...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Teacher Educator Technology Competencies

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 25, No. 4 (October 2017) pp. 413–448

The U.S. National Educational Technology Plan recommends the need to have a common set of technology competencies specifically for teacher educators who prepare teacher candidates to teach with technology (U.S. Department of Education, Office of...

Special Issue Editorial - The Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: So What? Now What?

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 27, No. 4 (October 2019) pp. 431–436

“All teacher candidates should have equitable, high-quality technology experiences throughout their teacher preparation programs” (Foulger, Graziano, Schmidt-Crawford, & Slykhuis, 2017, p. 436). We wrote that sentence after having just completed a...

TETC Professional Development: An Online Program for Teacher Educators

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Mark Hofer; John K. Lee; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 474–478

Teacher Candidates are not well enough prepared to teach with technology. While the stand-alone technology class attempts to prepare teacher candidates to use technology, all teacher education faculty need to be competent in the use of technology....

Topics: Instructional Design, faculty development, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Meeting the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies through Online Professional Development for Teacher Education Faculty

David A. Slykhuis; Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; Mark Hofer; John K. Lee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 866–870

The 2016 National Education Technology Plan introduced a call for teacher educators to improve the technology skills of teacher candidates by integrating technology throughout their teacher preparation programs. This necessitates that all teacher...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Action Steps for Systemically Advancing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation Programs

Kevin J. Graziano; Teresa S. Foulger; Arlene C. Borthwick; Jon M. Clausen; Julie A. Moore; Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Debra Sprague

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 440–447

Every new PK-12 teacher should learn how to select and use the most appropriate technology tools so they can become proficient in teaching with technology upon entry into the field. The 2017 United States Department of Education National Educational ...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership

Multiple Perspectives on Strengthening the Ability of Teacher Education Programs to Prepare Teacher Candidates to Integrate Technology

Teresa, S. Foulger; Mamta Shah; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Rohit Mehta; Irina Lyublinskaya; Debra Sprague

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 2041–2046

In the new National Education Technology Plan from U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology, a claim is made that school districts cannot consistently count on teacher educators to help new teachers develop their ability to...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Fostering New Research following the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs): Research from the JTATE Special Issue, Preparing All Teacher Educators to Support Teacher Candidates' Integration of Technology

Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Yeng L. Chang; Rhonda Christensen; Deborah R. Dillon; Marie K. Heath; Gerald Knezek; Daniel G. Krutka; Andrea H. Parrish; William A. Sadera; Amanda Thomas

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 425–432

The National Educational Technology Plan claims that teacher educators are often not equipped to do their part to prepare teacher candidates to graduate as proficient users of technology for teaching and learning (U.S. Department of Education,...

Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership