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The Role of Technology in Field Experiences The Role of Technology in Field Experiences
Patricia Alvarez McHatton, Ph.D.
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Paradigm Shift
• IT Support
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What is the purpose of technology?
What is the purpose of technology?
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Today’s Students
• A Vision of Students Today • Implications for Teacher Preparation
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Class of 2012 Mindset
• GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available. • Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option. • WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling. • College grads have always been able to Teach for America. • They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy to play with in
the crib. • Personal privacy has always been threatened. • Caller ID has always been available on phones. • Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the
year they were born. • There have always been charter schools.
Beloit College
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A Plethora of Possibilities
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Self-Assessment
• Think-Pair-Share– What technology do you have available to you?– How do you use technology?– Who do you go to when you have a technology
question/problem?– On a scale of 1 to 10 rate the level of support
available within your institution for technology integration
– On a scale of 1 to 10 rate the comfort level you have with the use of technology
– What challenges have you experienced with the increased use of technology?
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Technology Literacy
• Does not equate with appropriate use of Instructional Technology
• Technology for Play versus Technology for Work
(Allsopp, Alvarez McHatton, & Cranston-Gingras, 2009)
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Considerations
• What are some issues that need to be considered with the use of technology in teacher education?– Internet Policy– Technology Policy– Social Media– Texting– Integration and Implementation
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Considerations
• Within your group issues to be considered when developing a policy on the use of technology in teacher education
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Systematic Integration:Edyburn’s Model
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Selection
•Planning•Locating•Reviewing•Deciding
Acquisition
•Previewing•Evaluating•Purchasing
Implementation
•Organizing•Teacher Training
•Student Training
Integration
•Linking•Managing•Assessing•Extending
Technology and Field ExperiencesTechnology and Field Experiences
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Options
• Virtual Field Experiences– Simulations– Video Technologies/Cases
• Virtual Supervision– Real Time Feedback– Video Conferencing/Cyber Supervision– Observations – Self-Assessments– Mentoring Tools
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Virtual Field Experiences
• Avatars as students– Graphical representation of a person– An alter ego
• Allows teacher candidates to practice prior to interacting with real kids
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The GatekeeperBy day, an unassuming
professor,but by night, her full force, in
your face demeanor keeps the shady, the arrogant, and the ill-
willed from creeping into the world of academia.
She keeps the gate locked up tight, so tell your friends don’t
try to get through.
My Alter Ego
Virtual Field Experiences
• Virtual Classroom
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Video Technologies
• Individual and Collaborative Reflection– Access to varied contexts and instructional
approaches• Guided Field Experiences
– Repeated viewings– Multiple perspectives
• Case Analysis– Richer and more detailed than traditional case
studies– Multiple perspectives
Wang & Hartley, 2003)
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Video Technologies
• Challenges– Access– Exemplars
• Some examples:– MathVIDS
• http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/mathvids/strategies/strategies.html
– Dr. Mac’s Amazing Behavior Management Site• http://www.behavioradvisor.com/TrainingVideo.html
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Wireless Technology (BIE)
• Feedback essential to preparation, yet many teacher candidates felt there was insufficient feedback provided during their field experiences
(Sheeler, et al., 2004; Buck, Morsink, griffin,hines, & Lenk, 1992)
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Wireless Technology (BIE)
• Materials:– Creative WebCamLife! Ultra-Wide Angle Web
Camera™ (Model No. VF0060)– Plantronics P1-Voyager 510 Windsmart
Bluetooth Headset™ (Model No. 72270-61)– IOGEAR Bluetooth 2.0 USB Adapter, Class 2™
(Model No. GBU221)– Skype™ (Version 3.0.0.217)
(Rock, Gregg, Thead, Acker, Gable, & Zigmond, 2009)
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Wireless Technology (BIE)
• Materials approximately $150.00
(Rock, Gregg, Thead, Acker, Gable, & Zigmond, 2009)
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Wireless Technology (BIE)
• Over a 5-week period, 64 30-minute observations were completed
• 73.3% found the BIE observations to be a positive experience
• Increase in desired teacher candidate instructional behaviors and K-12 students on-task behavior
• Feedback bridged research to practice gap• Participants found real-time feedback “empowering
(53.3%), helpful (73.3%), and positive60.0%)”
(Rock, Gregg, Thead, Acker, Gable, & Zigmond, 2009, p. 72, 75)
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Cyber Supervision
• Portable camera, computer, and video conferencing software
• Live feed• Reduces travel time• Provides quality supervision• Promotes collaboration between school and university
faculty
(Coker et al., 2002; Coursol, 2004)
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Cyber Supervision
• Dymond, Renzaglia, Halle, Chadsey, & Bentz (2008) examined percent of agreement between on-site supervisors and off-site supervisors using video conferencing to be 86%
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Field Supervision
• LiveScribe– Providing support for field observations
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Video Analysis
• Teacher Candidates videotape lessons• Upload them • Supervisors as well as teacher candidate
can view and code video• Can be used to:
– Document mastery– Document use of evidence-based practices– Reflect on own teaching
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Video Analysis
• Software– EviRX http://evirx.com/ – Transana http://www.transana.org/ – Iris Connect
http://www.irisconnect.co.uk/ – Studio Code
http://www.studiocodegroup.com/
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Experiences with Video Analysis
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Video Analysis
• Hennessy & Deaney (2009) examined teachers’ use of data projectors and interactive whiteboards– Videotaped lessons– Collaboratively reviewed videos – Conducted student focus groups– Collected student work samples– Teachers kept a journal on their process– Developed interactive CD-ROMs with hyperlinked
professional development activities and samples of narratives
– Available from http://t-media.educ.cam.ac.uk/
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Other Possibilities
• Use of technology to expose teacher candidates to diverse learners
• eMentoring Project– Purposefully integrate technology and urban
teaching experiences for teacher candidates from suburban/rural areas
– Paired teacher candidates one-on-one with a K-12 student in an urban school
– Weekly exchanges throughout the semester – Improved attitudes regarding teaching in urban
schools
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Other Tools
• Variety of interactive tools – Wiki
• Collaborating• http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers
– Blog• Communicating• https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?s
ervice=blogger&passive=1209600&continue=http://www.blogger.com/home&followup=http://www.blogger.com/home<mpl=start#s01
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Other Tools
+ Projecthttps://www.google.com/intl/en-US/+/learnmore/index.html#circles
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Your Turn
• Reflect on your responses to the self-assessment
• How might you be able to immediately enhance your field experiences through the use of technology?
• Refer back to Edyburn’s Systematic Integration Framework and discuss how you might proceed in your goal to utilize technology to enhance your field experiences
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