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This paper is a report on the Wyoming Capacity Building Project. This statewide project involves the State Department of Education, the University of Wyoming, and the seven community colleges in preparing perservice teachers to integrate...

Authentic assessments and electronic portfolios are rapidly being adopted as an effective process for evaluating student's knowledge and understanding. The problem lies in training students in how to identify the bodies of evidence that best...

With the emergence of the Internet and the increased use of online courses, email, and chat rooms, the issues of privacy, anonymity and the security of personal information have evolved to a new level of importance. These issues have been discussed ...

Distributed learning environments provide educators with new tools for learning and interactions. However, these environments require a fresh look at pedagogical practices that effectively incorporate technologies in meaningful and appropriate ways. ...

What concerns do preservice teacher educations (PTE) students have relating to impacts technology has on their responsibilities to incorporate technology into their classroom? To address this issue, PTE students were surveyed on their technology...

This paper discusses the creation and implementation of a telenovela (soap opera) as an educational tool in third-year Spanish conversation courses at the university level. Reasons for the appropriateness of this particular genre are given, and the ...

This paper discusses the creation and implementation of a telenovela (soap opera) as an educational tool in third-year Spanish conversation courses at the university level. Reasons for the appropriateness of this particular genre are given, and the ...

The use of field based placements of pre-service teacher education students for practicum experiences and student teaching semester is a common practice. Maintaining connections with these students once they are in the field can become difficult,...

This paper presents the results of a study to explore the use of weblogs with pre-service teacher education students during their classroom based practicum and identify the students' perceptions of a sense of connection and community with their...

The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship of preservice teachers' gender, age and major and their intent of using computer-based technology in educational settings. There were 208 participants in this study; they were enrolled in a ...