Designing & Implementing a Plan for Technology Integration in Teacher Education Judith A. Crowe, Ed.D. Gayle Burns, M.A. Pacific Oaks College

Audience Participation n Who are you? n Where are you with technology? –Tried It? –Successes? –Challenges?

Background n Title III Grant –Funds for development –Faculty Training –Faculty Support –Evaluation n Teacher Intern Program –Cohort Model –New Faculty and Courses

CCTC Technology Requirements n Tools –WP –DB –SS n Software n Programming n Legal & Ethical Issues

Sample Course Integration n Language & Literacy (methods) –Writing: using a word processor –Software: using phonics & reading software –DB: creating a database of children’s literature

Sample Course Integration n Diversity in the Classroom –Software: CD stories from many cultures –Legal/Ethical issues: Equal access for all students

What’s Been Done So Far? n Rewriting courses to include technology components n Letters to faculty and adjuncts n Adopting a text to follow students through all courses

Who’s Doing It? n Professors –Those who feel comfortable n Gayle –For those professors who need to learn

Other Projects Affecting the Outcomes n Survey of Faculty n 1 on 1 Mentoring n Piloting use of electronic portfolios n Ongoing assessment –formative –summative –of students –of the programs

Closure n Title III Grant n Teacher Intern Program n Technology Components n Course Integration n Questions? n Suggestions?