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EdGrid at UAB: Uses of Modeling and Visualization in Preparing Preservice Teachers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004:1 , 2004

Tommy Smith & Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

EdGrid is a PT3 project funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education. The EdGrid Program has developed successful partnerships with school districts, colleges of education, researchers, innovative teachers, and scientists in Alabama and eight other states. ...

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Moving K-12 Teachers into 21st Century Science with 21st Century Technology: Building the Educational Grid for Pre-Service Training
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2002:1 , 2002

Edee Wiziecki, NCSA, University of Illinois, USA; Kenneth Travers, University of Illinois, USA; Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA; Umesh Thakkar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Linda Grisham, Lesley University, USA

The revolution in computational modeling and computer intensive informatics such as data mining have become essential new 21st Century methodologies of deep critical inquiry. Teachers in training need to know how to use these new tools in the...

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A Computer Scientist Becomes a Teacher in the GK-12 Teaching Fellows Program: A Three Year Case Study
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Jeremy Fisher & Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

A computer scientist teaching at a secondary high school was not a typical fellowship for a computer science doctoral student. The GK-12 Fellow was in an unusual position- he was teaching both the teacher and the K-12 students in the inaugural...

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Use of Inquiry with Computer Models and Visualization in an Urban 8th Grade Science Class
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Katie Gibbs, Steve Watts & Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; Lisa Bievenue, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

To engage urban middle school students in science is a challenging undertaking. Use of technology can be of utmost importance when helping middle school students investigate their world. According to the National Middle School Association,...

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Computer Modeling and Visualization in A High School Marine Biology Classroom
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Warren Jones, Steve Watts & Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; Lisa Bievenue, Shodor Education Foundation, USA

In the 21st Century, the teaching of science at the K-12 level must dramatically change to emulate the ways that real world scientists do science. Currently, many scientists use computer-based modeling, scientific visualization and informatics in...

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Building Intellectual Capital in Young Women in IT
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Gypsy Abbott, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; Claudia Morrell, Center for Women and Information Technology, USA; Bonnie Bracey, George Lucas Foundation, USA; Rose Scripa, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; Lisa Bievenue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Research has indicated that females of all ages are consistently less confident than males in their technology skills, even when it is unwarranted, and girls with lower levels of confidence in using technology have been reported to be less likely to ...

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