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Making A Difference: Using Emerging Technologies and Teaching Strategies to Restructure an Undergraduate Technology Course for Pre-service Teachers To prepare educators for the twenty-first century, colleges of education must be leaders of change by providing pre-service teachers with a technology-enriched curriculum. Many pre-service teachers continue to enter institutions of higher learning lacking positive attitudes, proper skills, and knowledge of the use of computers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate both quantitatively and qualitatively the effectiveness of a completely redesigned introduction to technology course for pre-service teachers. The intent of this article is to share information, provide guidance for faculty considering upgrading or beginning an introduction to technology course for pre-service teachers, and to

Science teachers this is a must have. Our school has this online science fair for K-12 students. We must start utilizing this in our classroom this is really awesome!! Please check it out.

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The writers explore the role of literacy leaders in changing student achievement. Literacy leaders must have high expectations for all students, be empowered through professional development, collaborate with all of the adults within the school, and infuse technology with digital media. The writers discuss tools for literacy leadership and outline considerations for and examples of literacy leadership in the wider community.

The title of this article is : Building Student Data Literacy: An Essential Critical-Thinking Skill for the 21st Century. Authored By: Gunter, Glenda A. Critical-Thingking skills are essential in 21st century, how can teachers do to ensure our students are information-literate.

This paper reports on the consequent audit of Internet Safety practices in Education Authorities (LEAs) across England.Additionally emerging concerns for Internet Safety practices in schools such as the technical and moral difficulties of filtering Internet access via mobile technologies will be highlighted.

The thing I've always liked about Dr. Campbell is how she always provides practical examples for utilizing apps, and here she provides ideas on how to apply some science related apps in the classroom.

Educational Leadership

Educational Leadership

An article by Dr. Little and Dr. Dieker about Coteaching to better teacher accountabillity and teacher quality.

Article published by Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan of UCF College of Education. His article is on page 126 in case it doesn't come up. His article is titled "A Journey Home: Teaching Towards Self-Understanding."

Research article written by Dr. Sherron Roberts (UCF teacher in elementary education) about how you can enhance poetry writing through technology - since we are doing a poetry unit in my 5th grade class, this is specifically interesting to me.

Given the newly refined ability to distinguish between teachers and their effectiveness, and the imperative brought on by the Common Core standards (CCSS) to deliver instruction at a more sophisticated level, it is no longer reasonable or tenable to keep treating teachers the same

Given the newly refined ability to distinguish between teachers and their effectiveness, and the imperative brought on by the Common Core standards (CCSS) to deliver instruction at a more sophisticated level, it is no longer reasonable or tenable to keep treating teachers the same