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The Role of Technology in Field Experiences The Role of Technology in Field Experiences

Patricia Alvarez McHatton, Ph.D.

Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011

Paradigm Shift

• IT Support


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cd7Bsp3dDo&feature=related

What is the purpose of technology?

What is the purpose of technology?


Today’s Students

• A Vision of Students Today • Implications for Teacher Preparation


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

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


A Plethora of Possibilities


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?


Technology Literacy

• Does not equate with appropriate use of Instructional Technology

• Technology for Play versus Technology for Work

(Allsopp, Alvarez McHatton, & Cranston-Gingras, 2009)


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


Considerations

• Within your group issues to be considered when developing a policy on the use of technology in teacher education


Systematic Integration:Edyburn’s Model


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


Options

• Virtual Field Experiences– Simulations– Video Technologies/Cases

• Virtual Supervision– Real Time Feedback– Video Conferencing/Cyber Supervision– Observations – Self-Assessments– Mentoring Tools


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


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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9VVAFW1Rx8

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)


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


http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/mathvids/strategies/strategies.html



http://www.behavioradvisor.com/TrainingVideo.html

http://www.behavioradvisor.com/TrainingVideo.html

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)



• 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)



• Materials approximately $150.00

(Rock, Gregg, Thead, Acker, Gable, & Zigmond, 2009)



• 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)


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)


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%


Field Supervision

• LiveScribe– Providing support for field observations


http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/

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


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/


http://evirx.com/

http://www.transana.org/

http://www.irisconnect.co.uk/

http://www.studiocodegroup.com/

Experiences with Video Analysis


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/


http://t-media.educ.cam.ac.uk/

http://t-media.educ.cam.ac.uk/

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


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&ltmpl=start#s01


http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=blogger&passive=1209600&continue=http://www.blogger.com/home&followup=http://www.blogger.com/home&ltmpl=start#s01




Other Tools

+ Projecthttps://www.google.com/intl/en-US/+/learnmore/index.html#circles


https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/+/learnmore/index.html#circles



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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