Another convention has come and gone and once again I am left with new ideas, greater interest in the field, and many fond memories. I’m not on the planning committee so I have no say in the final convention but I would like to hear what you enjoyed this year and what presentations you would like to see at next years convention in Anaheim.
A Distinguished Professor’s Passion for Visual Literacy: An Interview with Dr. Rhonda Robinson
by Dazhi Yang
October 25, 2007, Anaheim, CA
Dr. Rhonda Robinson, a Distinguished Teaching Professor at Northern Illinois University, is an expert in visual literary. Dr. Robinson has so much passion about helping people become better visual viewers, designers/creators, and [...]
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Hello Teacher Education Division members.
It is time to think about recognizing outstanding work in the field of Educational Technology and Teacher Education. Each year TED accepts nominations for the:
Outstanding Book in Educational Technology and Teacher Education
Exceptional Service Award for an individual who has a record of service to the Teacher Education Division of AECT.
NCATE AECT Specialty Program Approval (SPA) Training will be a Full-Day Workshop session at the 2008 AECT convention in Orlando this coming November (4th or 5th…specific date to be determined soon).
If you are about to prepare a program review report OR if you are interested in becoming a program reviewer for AECT, PLEASE plan to [...]
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Proposals are due for the 2008 Convention on Feb. 16. Attached is the detailed call for the TED Division, along with the rubric that will be used to evaluate presentations.
2008 TED Proposal Description
2008 TED Proposal Rubric
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The 2008 AECT Conference will be in Orlando, FL. Within the broad conference theme “On the Horizon…Rays of Change” the Teacher Education division welcomes proposals that fit one of the following categories:
· Research in Teacher Education: Presentations in this category will be facilitated by a discussant at the conference. Accepted proposals will present findings from [...]
This paper is a follow-up to a continued line of research on the U.S. Department of Education’s Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Teach with Technology (PT3) initiatives. While previous papers and presentations have focused on various methods to transform teacher education courses, this presentation focuses solely on programmatic efforts that were designed to align technology integration [...]
View the presentation files from this meeting.
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Marry Herring (et al.) presented on how Second Life can be used as a synchronous learning experience. AECT has a virtual island in AECT that we can all join. One of the interesting points that came up is that, in Second Life, even though people may be chatting as with any other chatting [...]
TED and School Library Media members gathered for a breakfast this morning and discussed common research interests. Members met and discussed common interests, indicating overlap in various areas. We identified common themes and grouped those with common interests. The following list contains those themes and people you might want to connect with [...]
Following the keynote discussion, the Teacher Ed Division sponsored a fireside chat with Marc Prensky. He invited a panel of students from a local high school that are participating in a Global IT academy initiative. The following are my notes of the discussion.
Guy 1 – some of the ways teachers teach is basic. Using technology, [...]
Download the PowerPoint slides from Prenky’s keynote address.
As Prensky talks about the power and benefit of giving students’ a voice and authority over designing their own learning environments, I’m reminded of Barbara McComb’s work on learner-centered instruction (see here for a short article).
McCombs and Whisler in their book learner-centered classrooms talk about giving students [...]
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Public perception and state/federal policy continue to have remarkable impacts on public education causing continuous change in the teacher education profession. This ripples through integrated patterns of practice in classrooms and, ultimately, affects change in public perception. A panel of teacher education leaders will address current issues that have the potential to drastically impact how [...]
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