How to Integrate Technology into Teacher Education

How to encourage more faculty to use technology in their teaching:

• Hire students and in-service teachers to provide technology support to faculty on an individual basis.
  • University of North Carolina
  • Texas A&M

• Conduct a needs assessment to ensure that all faculty development activities will meet real needs of the faculty. Structure training and all other efforts to address specific needs and desired outcomes of individual faculty (problem-based approach).
  • University of Houston

• Offer incentives to faculty such as mini-grants, free or loaned technology equipment, and stipends - and even let faculty choose among them. Specify all expected deliverables.
  • Sonoma State University
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas (mini-grants)
  • University of Missouri, St. Louis (incentives-based agreements)

• Involve faculty in project planning and implementation.
  • Maryland State Department of Education
  • Mississippi Department of Education
  • University North Carolina

  • Communicate the availability of training opportunities frequently and in varied formats.
    • California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
    • Maryland State Department of Education
    • Virginia Educational Technology Alliance

  • Provide a continuum of professional development opportunities, such as professional development credits, individual assistance, group training sessions, mentoring, online resources, and just-in-time support.
    • Maryland Department of Education
    • Mississippi Department of Education
    • Texas Women's University

  • Commission material and tool development that meet faculty specifications so that faculty can move to the use of technology without being slowed down by a lack of technical expertise in developing it.
    • University of North Carolina

  • Set up technology methods summits for faculty
    • College of William and Mary

  How to encourage more students to use technology:

  • Require students to create products using technology.
    • Texas Women's University

  • Have faculty model technology integration in their courses on a regular basis.
    • University of North Carolina

  • Embed technology workshops within existing teacher education courses; design curricula with technology in mind, rather than shoehorning technology into existing courses.
    • University of Alaska-Anchorage
    • University of California-Irvine

  • Provide workshops and one-on-one assistance in addition to online instructions for setting up e-portfolios.
    • Maryland Department of Education
    • Eastern Kentucky

  • Provide (or loan) hardware to students for use in their field placements.
    • College of William and Mary
    • Texas A&M

  • Conduct a needs assessment to establish a starting point among student's skills; don't assume that students are all technology savvy (new from Carolyn)
    • University of Alaska-Anchorage

  • Extend technology into tools for online study and review, at the student's pace and timing.
    • University of California-Irvine

  • Facilitate technology internships for preservice teachers
    • College of William and Mary

  How to sustain technology integration strategies:

  • Align courses with ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) (http://cnets.iste.org).
    • Maryland State Department of Education
    • University of North Carolina
    • Virginia Educational Technology Alliance

  • Link courses to the NCATE accreditation process
    • Maryland State Department of Education

  • Establish a technology requirement for tenure, teaching credentials, and other professional accomplishments.
    • Sonoma State University

  • Incorporate technology usage into annual reviews.
  • Have faculty create personal measurable technology plans.
    • Sonoma State University

  • Align project strategies with the university's strategic plan.
    • Keep evolving and providing training for participants who are ready to advance
    • Texas Women's University
    • California State University-Bakersfield

  • Create model school programs as demonstration projects for others
    • California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

  • Develop partnerships to expand resources, sustain commitment
    • University of North Carolina
    • Miami Museum of Science

    • Involve local faculty, inservice teachers upfront to solicit ideas, create buy-in
      • University of North Carolina

    • Demonstrate that university leadership really means it: Open up to all departments, seek "unusual bedfellows"
      • Texas Women's University
      • San Francisco State University

    • Develop database of projects and products for the benefit of future participants
      • University of Houston
      • University of Northern Iowa

    • Help develop a full "learning community" by assisting schools where pre-service teachers have met resistance simply because the technology is not up to date
      • St. Bonaventure University

    • Promote digital equity
      • Mississippi State Department of Education