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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 457 828 IR 020 898 AUTHOR Crawford, Caroline M., Ed. TITLE Graduate & Inservice.[SITE 2001 Section]. PUB DATE 2001-03-00 NOTE 252p.; In: Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (12th, Orlando, Florida, March 5-10, 2001); see IR 020 890. Figures may contain very small and illegible font. PUB TYPE collected works General (020) Speeches/Meeting Papers (150) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Computer Uses in Education; *Educational Technology; *Faculty Development; Graduate Study; Higher Education; *Inservice Teacher Education; Standards; *Technology Integration IDENTIFIERS Technology Utilization; Web Based Instruction ABSTRACT This document contains the papers on graduate and inservice teacher education from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2001 conference. Topics covered include: media literacy across the curriculum; contextual learning about information technology (IT); IT in teacher education; reform in a graduate school technology program; the Brazilian national computer forum for education; integrating standards into educational technology masters programs; developing professional development schools; a teacher development model for scaffolding technology integration; teaching electronic information research skills to teachers; overcoming barriers to technology integration through mentoring; ensuring technology leaders; aligning graduate credit courses with standards; subject-specific technology integration training; teachers discovering and integrating technology; the South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium; a partnership to enhance technology integration; ways to integrate technology into the classroom; information and communications technology (ICT) training for teachers; networked learning; whole theme learning in the Internet virtual community; constructing knowledge networks; models of professional IT development for practicing teachers; a framework for designing professional development courses in instructional technology for teachers; a professional development plan for integration technology; an inservice methodology course via the Internet; teacher reflections on learning new technology; the real practice of technology integration; the unique impact of Internet instruction on future teachers; an inservice teacher development for fostering problem-based integration of technology; multimedia in the classroom; reflections on the impact of ICTs; an instructional staff development project; the impact o change in attitudes on practice; comparing certificate and degree teacher education options; engaging learners with technology; multimodal distance learning; a course design overview of a World Wide Web-based program; revolution of the pedagogical use of ICT by influencing the whole school community; innovative program design and instructional methods for online teacher education; a graduate track in learning technologies; using the communities of practice strategy to enhance mentoring; teaching and learning in an online information technology environment; learning to learn in online courses; and teachers' inservice training needs. Most papers contain references. (MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. GRADUATE & INSERVICE tr) Section Editor: Caroline M. Crawford, University of Houston- Clear Lake appropriate integration of technology into today's learning environment remains a predominant area of 1Theimportance within the areas of graduate and inservice. Research focused upon face-to-face, Internet-assisted and Internet-based learning environments has expanded imperative theoretical and application-based discussions. The appropri- ate and successful integration of technology within the learning environment is the focus of the outstanding articles within this section. The authors offer the latest research and theoretical issues through which the future of face-to-face and distributed learning environments will emerge. For ease of discernment, the following research paper summaries are presented in alphabetical order by the author's surname. Arango-Montero, Asse, Aughey, Betancourt, Go Iler, required by the specialists and job competencies within the Naranjo, Olmedo, Sanchez and Thirunarayanan examine School Library Media Program. the initial year of the Master of Science in Urban Educa- Civiletti and da Silva analyzed data pertaining to a tion degree program with a specialization in Learning social-international and constructivist emphasis within the Technologies. A discussion surrounding an overview of the attitudes and pedagogic practices of educators. The program and student comments is presented. Brazilian "Computer Course Applied to Education" was Braboy and Trivette offer a discussion of a project that the focus of the study. aids educational endeavors related to analyzation tech- Coombs examines the International Society for niques. This specific project focuses upon analyzing Technology in Education (ISTE) five-step curriculum historical documents while focusing upon emotional and standards outline that is focused upon all advanced intellectual Socratic questioning methods. programs in educational computing and technology. A Brownell and Brownell present the experiences and discussion of each of the five steps suggested by ISTE reflections associated with the design and development of includes a suggestion for future graduate-level course a graduate-level course entitled EDTL 630 Media Literacy interpretation. Across the Curriculum. Discussion surrounds the design Cooper and Hirtle call for a reprieve from the dispari- and development of the scope and sequence for the course, ties between the learning and the technology integration in equipment viability and availability and future develop- the K-12 environments. A focus upon the curricular scope ment of the course. and sequence, as well as the course instructional design, is Burnett, Bonnici, Dresang and Thomas provide emphasized. information concerning the Web-based opportunities for Dailey, McNelis, Struck and Wall address the shortage contextual learning. Their efforts are focused upon school of secondary special education professional development library media specialists. schools (PDSs) within the professional education of Cakula focuses upon the Latvian need for inservice teacher candidates and inservice teachers. A case study of professional development opportunities for educators. An Townson University is presented. examination of the design, development and implementa- Engel and Sparrow focus upon the online Educational tion of an interactive course with Swedish and Latvian Technology Master's degree program at Florida Gulf Coast educators is presented. University. Further, rationales for decisions made within Cheeks presented a summary of program evaluation the program structure, students and program evaluation research surrounding a graduate School Library Media techniques are discussed. Program. Radical changes in school library media services Ertmer, Johnson and Lane reflect upon a teacher necessitated the evaluation, which focused upon the development tool that is designed for scaffolding technol- elimination of the disparity between job competencies ogy integration within a learning environment. The engagement of educators as well as the inclusive reflective U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) O This document has been reproduced as BEEN GRANTED BY received from the person or organization BEST COPY AVAILABLE originating it. O Minor changes have been made to GJ-1.mmKs improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this 2 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) official OERI position or policy. -ry- 1 activities facilitates the expansion of the teacher's ability Hughes and Walker discuss a United Kingdom-based to integrate technology within a learning environment. professional development scheme that attempts a univer- Figarella presents a case study of technology integra- sity response to K-12 educators' needs. The integration of tion within elementary-level learning environments. The technology as educational aids within the online environ- initial semester of the case study is the focus of the paper. ment is discussed. Fourie explores the world of distance education as it Hung, So and Pow offer an exploration of a project- relates to the education of graduate-level teachers who are based approach towards the development of a learner's focused upon electronic information research skills. The conceptual framework through a multimedia teaching author notes that considerable success was achieved for all resource bank. The rationale, concept, description of the students, even those who dism.issively labeled thenr,elves four stags of cicv,Ivpmczt,UUL..UI11CandIIIIUL4UUIISale as "computer illiterate". presented. Franklin, Duran and Kariuki examine the collaborative Iran-Nejad, Xu and Venugopalan present a study use of graduate Instructional Technology students as concerning wholetheme learning through an Internet-based mentors for inservice elementary educators. A discussion community. The results of the initial aspects of the study surrounding just-in-time (JIT) learning, professional are positive and encouraging. development opportunities