Hi all, don't forget creating your SimSchool accounts for technology implementation at class this week, please :)

Using simulations in teacher education is not a brandnew approach. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1084325?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102135384967

Virtual worlds in teacher education: http://edtechisland.wetpaint.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=w07GtOvnIU0

I think in virtual schools teacher's role is not same as face-to-face instruction, instead a guidance interacting with students socially. In this role, teacher challenges with dialogue and interaction. New skills and knowledge require for this role of teacher such as delivering content with operating technology, external aspects of learning related to technology and internal cognitive aspects of learning (Gunawardena and McIsaac, 2003). Also, teacher should provide appropriate instruction in terms of numbers of students (Gunawardena and McIsaac, 2003).

Reference
Gunawardena, C. N. & McIsaac, M. S. (2003) .Distance Education. in Jonassen Handbook of Research (2nd ed.).

Halil thank you very much :) for the article about TPACK in Special Education. It is very useful for wikibooks chapter assignment.

Does integrating technology into teacher education guarantee preservice teachers to use technology in their inservice lives?