TACTL-Sponsored Sessions at the 2006 Annual Conference in San Francisco
The annual meeting was held in San Francisco on April 8th. The meeting was well attended and everyone we spoke to felt that Dr. Cuban's presentation added a lot to the evening. TACTL would like to thank all those that participated in the presentations throughout the day. The attendance at all the sessions was very good.
| TACTL Annual Meeting : Dr. Larry Cuban, Guest Speaker | |
| Symposium 1: Research on the Use of Games and Simulations in Education: What Are WeLearning? | |
| Chair: Victoria A. Giordano | Discussant: Greg Jones |
| Participants: Debra Sprague, Chris Dede, John Rice | |
| Symposium 2: Preparing Teachers for the Distance Learning Classroom: Evaluation of the Teacher Training Goes into Virtual Schooling (TEGIVS) Project | |
| Co-Chairs: Ann Thompson and Dale Niederhauser | Discussant: Robert Blomeyer |
| Participants: Niki Davis, Rick Ferdig, Dale Niederhauser, M. D. Roblyer, Raymond Rose, Zahrl Schoeny | |
| Paper Session 1: Technology as an Agent of Change in Teacher Education | |
| Chair: Neal Strudler |
Discussant: Margaret Neiss |
| 1. Using Teacher Inquiry to Help Prospective Teachers Untangle the Complexities of Technology Use in Classrooms | Kara Dawson |
| 2. Using Technology to Foster
Literacy Instruction: The Benefits
for Pre-ervice Teachers |
Lauren McClanahan |
| 3. A Longitudinal Comparison of
Teachers' Perceptions About
and Subsequent Adoption of Technology in the Classroom |
Dianna Newman |
| 4. "No One Likes Rust!" Digital
Video Production as an Instructional
Tool for 21st Century
Science Education |
Lyubov Laroche, Jolie Mayer-Smith, Cynthia Nicol |
| 5. Longitudinal Assessment of Teacher Education Students Attitudes, Use, and Confidence Towards Using Technology | Philip Molebash, Natalie Milman |
| Paper Session 2: Technology as K-12 Change Agent | |
| Chair: Joke Voogt, | Discussant: Walt Heinecke |
| 1. Research on Educational
Technology: Challenges to
Implementation and Impact of Scientifically Based Research |
Lynne Schrum, Kelly Glassett |
| 2. Using Integrated Technology
in Middle School Classrooms
to Impact Student Science Achievement |
Pamela Cantrell, Jacque Ewing-Taylor |
| 3. Feedback, Reflection, and Revision in the 1:1 Laptop Computing Environment | Matthew Dunleavy |
| Educational Technology: A Catalyst for Innovation and Change in Teacher Education | Kathleen H. Rutowski, Ann Igoe, Carol Christine, Theodore J. Kopcha |
| 4. A Learning Revolution? Investigating Interactive Whiteboards as Pedagogic Tools in British Primary Classrooms | Neil Mercer,
Julia Gillen, Karen Littleton, Judith Kleine Staarman |
| 5. What Impact Do Different Technology Uses have on Student Outcomes? | Jing Lei, Yong Zhao |
| Paper Discussion Session 1: Online Strategies in Education | |
| 1. Instructor's Scaffolding in
Support of Student's Metacognition
in an Academic Online Course |
Roni Reingold, Rikki Rimor, Anat Kalay |
| 2. The Effects of Online Followup
and Collaboration on
Completion of Professional Development |
Marybeth Green, Lauren Cifuentes |
| 3. Pedagogy, Self-Assessment and Online Discussion Groups | Mary Kayler, Karen Weller |
| 4. Teacher Team Work and Information and Communication Technology | Mia Karlsson |
| 5. The Relationship of Adult
Learning Styles and Success
in Online Graduate Education |
Cynthia Loeffler, Rosemary Papa |
| 6. Online Facilitation: Building
Professional Knowledge
Among Participants |
Stephanie Feger, Melanie Zibit |
| 7. Implementing Constructivist
Web-Based Learning in
Teacher Preparation Courses Makes Good Sense |
Martha Casas |
| Paper Discussion Session 2: Technology in Schools | |
| 1. Making Connections with
Technology: Longitudinal
Analysis of Hand Held echnology and Student Reading Achievement |
Elizabeth
Oyer, Karen Gould, Nathan Davidson, Joel McKinney, Dan Wilson |
| 2. Interim Evaluation of Multiformat
Professional Development
on the Mathematical
Understanding of Rural Teachers |
Talbot Bielefeldt |
| 3. Handheld Technology as a Change Agent in a Middle School Environment | Linda Robinson, Robert Hannafin, Jane Cook |
| 4. The Beyond Hardware Initiative:
Impact of Technology
Integration on K-12 Achievement |
Andrew Berning,
Gerald Knezek, Rhonda
C h r i s t e n s e n , Dav e Richardson, Cathy Webb |
| 5. A Case Study on Students'
Activities with CMC Tools |
Young Sang Cho |
| 6. Instructional Strategies Used
by Teachers During Student
Use of Technology |
Fethi Inan, Deborah Lowther, Steven Ross |
| 7. Technology and School Achievement for Young Language Minority Children | Tiffany Whittaker, James Laffey, Linda Espinosa, Yanyan Sheng |
| Paper Discussion Session 3: Uses of Technology in Preservice Teacher Education (Co-sponsored with Computer Applications & Internet SIG) | |
| 1. Costs and Benefits of Electronic
Portfolios in Teacher
Education: Faculty and Administrative
Perspectives |
Keith Wetzel, Neal Strudler |
| 2. Teacher Candidate Reflection
on Teaching Episodes Using
Video Editing |
Brendan Calandra, Rachel Gurvitch, Jacalyn Lund |
| 3. "Doing What We Know:"
Preservice English Teachers'
Teaching with Technology
during Student Teaching |
Sara Kajder |
| 4. Developing Pedagogical
Technology Integration Content
Knowledge in Preservice Teachers: A Case Study Approach |
Laurie
Dias, Mary Shoffner, Wanjira Kinuthia, Christopher DeCastro, |
| 5. Effective Technology Integration
in Pre-service Teacher
Education: Challenging Expectations |
Nancy DeFrates-Densch, Corenna Cummings, Deborah Kalkman, Jason Underwood, Agnes E. Conway |
| 6. Mentoring Interns in Using Technology | Robert Smith, Dennis Kubasko, |
| 7. Virtually
Aesthetic: Exploring Teacher
Education Students' Experiences
of Online Learning |
Anita Sinner, Linda Farr Darling |
| Paper Discussion Session 4: Innovative Technology Uses in the U. S. and Abroad (Cosponsored with Computer Applications & Internet SIG) | |
| 1. Instructional Computer
Use by COE Faculty in
Turkey: Application of Diffusion
of Innovations Theory |
Ismail Sahin, Ann Thompson |
| 2. First Year Teachers' Expected
and Actual Technology
Integration: Knowledge, Values, and Teaching Practice |
Jane Howland, Judy Wedman |
| 3. Ready or Not - Technology
Skills that Support Data-
Driven Decision-Making
with the ITAAR Model |
Corenna Cummings, Deborah Kalkman, Jason Underwood, Nancy DeFrates-Densch, Agnes E. Conway |
| 4. Expanding Digital Equity via Open Source Tools in Education | Brian Giza |
| 5. Effects of a Faculty Technology Mentoring Program on Faculty Adoption of Instructional Technology |
Hsueh-Hua Chuang, Ann Thompson, Ismail Sahin |
| 6. Using Global Classrooms to Influence Attitudes Toward Science and Civic Responsibility: An American- Tanzanian Exchange |
Mona Bryant-Shanklin |
| 7. When Are "Mobile" Digital
Technologies Mobile?: An
Activity Theory Perspective
on a Laptops Initiative for
Students With Literacy Difficulties |
Paul Conway, Tom Daly |