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Shelton, Catharyn; Schroeder, Stephanie; Curcio, Rachelle – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2020
Some K-12 social media celebrities, or influencers, have begun to enact influence at a massive scale, possibly shaping the teachers who follow them, while seeking individual profit in the process. In this qualitative study, the authors explored the content edu-influencers share on Instagram, which is an understudied yet increasingly popular social…
Descriptors: Social Media, Photography, Role Models, Reputation
O'Byrne, W. Ian – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2019
The Internet and other communication technologies can provide a powerful tool for social justice and civic action. These digital devices and social media have shown enormous potential by activists to mobilize the public, document their activities and the injustices they witness, and spread information to a wider audience. Individuals are often…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Social Justice, Social Media
Slagoski, Jeremy D. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2019
This study investigated the domain and practice of an online community of practice formed by English language teachers (ELTs) on Twitter as a professional learning network (PLN). A "Communities of Practice" framework (Wenger, 1998; Wenger-Trayner & WengerTrayner, 2015) was applied to the qualitative analysis of interviews and…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Communities of Practice
Mullins, Ricky; Hicks, David – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2019
In this qualitative study, the authors analyzed the participation of preservice teachers in a discipline specific Twitter chat known as #sschat. Findings indicated that preservice teachers found value in the chat when they shared resources with practicing teachers, had resources shared with them, and built professional networks. However, there…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication
Hsieh, Betina – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2017
Research on social media use in education indicates that network-based connections can enable powerful teacher learning opportunities. Using a connectivist theoretical framework (Siemens, 2005), this study focuses on secondary teacher candidates (TCs) who completed, archived, and reflected upon 1-hour Twitter chats (N = 39) to explore the promise…
Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Krutka, Daniel G.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2016
The microblogging service Twitter offers a platform that social studies educators increasingly use for professional development, communication, and class activities, but to what ends? The authors drew on Deweyan conceptions of participatory learning and citizenship aims of the field as lenses through which to consider social media activities. To…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Networks, Electronic Publishing
Cook, Mike P.; Bissonnette, Jeanne Dyches – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2016
Studies examining preservice teachers' (PSTs) experiences with microblogging and activities that buttress and promote their social justice development have largely occurred in isolation from one another. To that end, this study examines in what ways pairing the popular social networking website Twitter with readings from a young adult literature…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Social Media, Web 2.0 Technologies, Social Justice
Highfield, Kate; Papic, Marina – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2015
This study examined the use of one online social networking tool, NING™, in teacher education, highlighting preservice teachers' engagement and perceptions of the tool. Data obtained from 91 preservice teachers suggest that they found the multimodal platform useful as a tool to build pedagogic and content knowledge. Responses to surveys and online…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Preservice Teacher Education, Context Effect, Web 2.0 Technologies
Wall, Steven D.; Anderson, Janice – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2015
With the emergence of mobile technologies, students' access to computing devices is omnipresent, as is their ability to collaborate through multiple modalities. This 21st-century affordance has generated a shift in the way preservice teachers are prepared to use, understand. and interact with social media (e.g., blogs) during their academic years.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Peer Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Publishing