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Meeting Needs of Refugee Children and Preservice Teachers through Educational Technology
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, , University of North Florida, United States

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in San Antonio, Texas, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-61-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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As the population of a school or community diversifies, public school teachers must be prepared to work with children from a wider range of backgrounds. A pilot program was conceived to bring preservice teachers and refugee children together in ways that served the educational needs of the children and ways that prepared the preservice teachers to use technology to work with children who were new to American schools. The preservice teachers in an introductory educational technology configured surplus university computers to be given to local refugee children and their families. Developing expertise as a technology-using teacher requires learners to develop technology skills, to practice the use of the technology, to participate in the stages of selection and development of technology resources for K-12 children, and to engage in the pedagogy of technology integration. The project built upon theoretical frameworks regarding meaningful learning—learning that is active, constructive, intentional, and authentic.

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Cavanaugh, C. & Scheirer, E. (2007). Meeting Needs of Refugee Children and Preservice Teachers through Educational Technology. In R. Carlsen, K. McFerrin, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2007--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 698-705). San Antonio, Texas, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 7, 2024 from .

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