George Mason University provides online courses for educators. One course encourages teachers to master the Internet as a tool and resource for classroom instruction. This paper describes course configuration and development based on feedback from teachers in Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Germany. Pilot course results indicate that…

Most preservice programs do not adequately prepare students for using technology in instruction. University faculty must model technology use and integrate it throughout the program. This requires significant change in many teachers' instructional strategies. Continued quality faculty development can facilitate this change. The paper discusses the…

Describes the infusion of computer technologies into a preservice teacher-education course that promoted critical reflection on the learning-to-teach process. Discusses three recurring categories that emerged from students' projects (pedagogical, affective, and procedural) and highlights two examples of each. Presents the benefits and concerns of…

Examines a professional-development center established by a consortium of Seattle school districts that integrates technology into constructivist classrooms. Interviews with participants and program directors and observations of teachers participating in seminars and interacting with students and teachers provided data on four elements deemed…

Describes efforts to implement a systematic approach to planning for technology integration in two colleges of education, addressing recent revisions to the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Foundations and offering revised support materials and recommendations for future implementation of the planning model. Notes the need…

Explores challenges that teachers face when they attempt to include computers in instruction. Investigates teachers' adoption of educational reforms and teachers' perceptions of computers in classroom instruction. Presents information from a case study of a mathematics teacher's classroom practice; notes implications for the preparation of…

Analyzes trends in computer-literacy skills of preservice teachers during the period 1991/92 to 1996/97. A significant linear pattern of increasing means was found in word processing, spreadsheet, hardware, operating system software, and the mouse. Analysis provides a perspective on how increasing access to computers in high school translates into…

Investigates the computer knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate early childhood majors enrolled in a teaching-methods course which has not historically emphasized the potential of computerized simulation in instruction. Results are discussed in terms of the need to broaden preservice teachers' exposure to computers if they are expected to use…

Describes a model developed at Louisiana State University that focused on providing preservice teachers with models and practice for integrating technology into instruction by working with elementary students. Results are discussed in terms of teachers' perceptions of the role of the teacher and of themselves, students' perceptions, and attitudes…

Written from three unique perspectives, this article describes how one college program is proceeding through a technology-based change process in order to integrate technology into its teacher-education curriculum. The college's three-year infusion plan is discussed and suggestions are provided for others seeking change. (Author/AEF)

The Houston Consortium of Urban Professional Development and Technology Schools project, developed to prepare teachers for urban, multicultural classrooms is continuing its development of a telecommunications infrastructure for its members--faculty, teachers, staff and students from colleges, public schools, and regional educational service…

Reports a case study of students' reactions to a multicultural unit that incorporated computer software, videodiscs, videotape, and print media in an undergraduate educational psychology course. Many students believed the multicultural unit increased their understanding of cultural differences and recognized the need to learn how to deal…

Investigates the effects of preservice teachers working in paired-learning conditions versus working independently on a computer-based tutorial/simulation designed to teach users about an electronic-mail system. Findings support previous research on the positive effects of paired learning using computer-based instruction designed for individual…

Describes the design and development of Internet-based software for keeping reflective journals that supports learning from field experience by students in a teacher-preparation program. The software and learning system enables students to capture and share accounts of experiences, link to resources, and engage in various modes of conversation and…

Observations, interviews, and a survey were used to study the staff of an educational-technology center which has been producing educational software (CDs) for about five years. Results showed that educators generally approached electronic curriculum development in terms of either programming processes or curricular concepts. Differences between…