Search Results

Texas STARgate is an online professional development portal for K-12 teachers in Texas schools. A Texas technology center experienced a variety of challenges in the design, delivery, and support of this portal. This paper examines the challenges and ...

Texas STARgate is an online portal offering a variety of professional development opportunities based on the Texas Technology Applications curriculum. Flexibility and multiple paths to short tutorials, browsable Web resources, short course options,...

This paper presents a description and analysis of a four-year, six-state effort to develop a common vision among all stakeholders for technology infusion in teacher education. Two grant-funded projects, with mutually supportive goals and a common...

The Higher Education Cadres Project brings together representatives from teacher education programs and state agencies in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana for the purpose of sharing resources and best practices, investigating...

The SouthCentral RTEC Higher Education Cadres seek to create a network of stakeholders concerned with technology and educator preparation for ongoing collaboration and sharing of resources across a six state region and to disseminate and promote...

Teacher recruitment and retention in a rural area of North Texas is a challenge. When a $3 million dollar federal grant was received to address this challenge, the two universities involved began a journey toward developing a program that would...

Supporting cohorts of preservice teachers from four institutes of higher education is a daunting task. This presentation discusses a program to create a community of practice based on mentor/protégé pairs and supported by technology tools such as...

With this proposal, we focus on one aspect of collaboration and partnership, which is, the virtual communities of practice (COP) to support the pre-service teachers and mentors. We will demonstrate how the BEGIN virtual COP incorporates sound...

Research shows that blended learning (the use of the Internet to enhance standard face-to-face classes) is an effective method of teaching. Even though most of the research is focused on post-secondary education, many K-12 teachers still have class...

Belton ISD and Rosebud-Lott ISD implemented a cost-effective, scientifically research-based model of professional development for teachers and administrators. A team of content area specialists worked with technology integration specialists to give...