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When it comes to understanding and using information technology, today's pre-service education students often know more about technology than their college professors or their field-based teachers in K-12 classrooms. University and K-12 faculty...

Because teachers teach as they were taught and not taught to teach, it is important to find opportunities to practice what we teach. Student-to Student is a project that engaged pre-service teachers in a web-based peer feedback collaboration...

This paper and presentation describe the impact of Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) programs at the University of Vermont (UVM) and the continuing PT3 influence at UVM and four additional Vermont teacher preparation programs...

Recognizing that changing teacher education is a key requirement for chang-ing K-12 teacher practices, Apple Computer developed the Apple Summer Institute for Teacher Education, more commonly referred to as "Camp Apple" by the 42 participants who ...

Two innovations, performance assessment and information technology advancements, provide the prospect for wide-scale use of electronic portfolios as an assessment tool. In a time where national and state standards are recognizing and incorporating...

The construction of electronic portfolios is closely aligned to new findings about learning identified by the National Research Council. There is a growing body of evidence that portfolio assessment is a good way to understand what learners know and ...

This paper describes the PT3 Student Mentor Project at the University of Vermont, an initiative of the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology [PT3] Implementation Grant. The project matches the expertise of undergraduate, pre-service...

Abstract: It is not possible to create highly qualified educators without creating a continuum between teacher preparation and teacher practice. If we are seeking to create highly qualified teachers, we must begin early in their preparation and...

In 2003, the University of Vermont received a three year grant to study the comparative effects of implementing three discreet approaches to ePortfolio development across five colleges of education. The partners included programs that used...

The e-Portfolio Scaffolding Study examines the process by which pre-service teachers in the elementary, middle, and physical education programs at the University are taught to construct licensure portfolios (in paper or electronic formats) and...

This paper describes top-level findings from a three-year study about implementing different models of electronic portfolios funded by the 2003 US Department of Education PT3 grant initiative. It provides an overview of what we have learned about...

Abstract: In 2003, the [University] received a four year grant to study the comparative effects of implementing three discreet approaches to ePortfolio development across five colleges of education. The partners included pre-service teacher...