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Exemplary Practices B-7: Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology |
History
The University of Northern Iowa has been building its capacity to integrate technology into the learning process for the past 10 years. Each of the elements described previously are considered to be our essential building blocks for the integration of technology campus wide.
Our model has been evolving over the past 2 years and represents our attempt to place technology in its appropriate role as a tool in the facilitation of student learning.
The University-wide development team for the Catalyst Grant is just now being formed and a portion of the work of the group should be available in beta form at the beginning of the next academic year.
This presentation overviews current initiatives in the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa as part of the US Department of Education's Catalyst Grant Program-Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology. The session will introduce a model that incorporates technology throughout the curriculum with a focus on the teacher's enhancement of student learning. The model incorporates students at the center of their own learning, principles of good learning, information processing skills and dispositions, content standards and education for democracy.
The session also describes plans for the development of a series of video vignettes that illustrate the model and implementation of technology competencies to be achieved by pre-service and in-service teachers.
As a background the session will also present how technology initiatives have been developed at the University of Northern Iowa over the last ten years. Information will be presented on:
- How hardware and software are provided to the faculty
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