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Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

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“Because I Know How to Use It”: Preservice English Teacher Technology Use in Reflective Practice
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education(CITE)9:4, December 2009

Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

This article examines the role of technology in preservice teacher reflection. Situated in informal reflection (Shoffner, 2008), preservice English teachers’ choice of a specific technology medium for reflective practice is examined for satisfaction ...

Pre-Service English Teachers and Technology: A Consideration of Weblogs for the English Classroom
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education(CITE)7:4, December 2007

Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

Teaching with technology is a complex issue, at best, bound by issues of access, funding, support and time for both students and teachers (Young & Bush, 2004). When English teachers effectively integrate technology into their classrooms, however,...

Technological Pedagogical Collaboration: Preservice English Teachers and Collaborative Projects
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2010:1

Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

In this paper, an English teacher educator examines the use of two pedagogical projects incorporating specific technologies and collaborative interaction among preservice English teachers during their university teacher preparation. The discussion...

Making Meaning through the Viewfinder: Responding to Literature through Video
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2013:1

Benjamin Boche & Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

This paper presents the results of a qualitative study exploring the use of video and video production as a response to literature. As part of the English Literature Arts curriculum at a high school in the Midwestern United States, students...

Multiple technologies and multiliteracies: How Beginning English Teachers Make Sense of Technology and Literacy in their Classroom Instruction
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2013:1

Benjamin Boche & Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

This brief paper draws from a research study initiated in the fall of 2012 to explore beginning secondary English teachers’ understandings of and experiences with multiliteracies. One element of the study – teachers’ use of technologies to address...

Creating a Community of Support for Beginning English Teachers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2009:1

Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

The early years of teaching are often the most difficult for beginning teachers, as they struggle with complex issues of teaching and learning in relative isolation. One possible solution is that of new teacher groups, where beginning teachers...

Editorial: Implementing the Teacher Education Initiative
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education(CITE)12:2, June 2012

Glen Bull, University of Virginia, United States; Marshall George, Fordham University, United States; Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States; Cheryl Mason Bolick, University of North Carolina, United States; John Lee, North Carolina State University, United States; Janice Anderson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States; David Slykhuis, James Madison University, United States; Joe Garofalo, University of Virginia, United States; Robin Angotti, University of Washington at Bothell, United States; Elizabeth West, University of Washington, United States; Mary Herring, University of Northern Iowa, United States; Sara Dexter, University of Virginia, United States; Abbie Brown, East Carolina University, United States; Mark Hofer, College of William and Mary, United States

Representatives from ten specialty professional associations affiliated with the National Technology Leadership Coalition (NTLC) are collaborating with Microsoft Corporation to develop an innovative professional development opportunity for teacher...

Multiliteracies in the Secondary English Classroom: Becoming Literate in the 21st Century
English Teaching: Practice and Critique(ISSN-1175-8708)9:3

Melanie Shoffner, Luciana C. de Oliveira, Ryan Angus, Melanie Shoffner, Luciana C. de Oliveira & Ryan Angus

Conceptions of literacy in the secondary English language arts classroom today have expanded in multiple directions, moving far beyond former emphases on reading comprehension and writing ability. This article presents the efforts of two secondary...

Faculty Panel for Graduate Students on a Job Search
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2011:1

Hugh Crumley, Duke University, United States; Elizabeth Langran, Fairfield University, United States; Melanie Shoffner, Perdue University, United States; Ian Gibson, Macquarie University, Australia

This panel discussion will be focused on elements of the job search process for PhD students seeking faculty positions involving instructional technology. Four current faculty members will share their experiences and perspectives of the job search...

How Does Technology Fit?: Developing Contemporary Literacies across Disciplines
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2012:1

Marshall George, Fordham University, United States; Jennifer Richardson & Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

In this panel presentation, different perspectives are offered on the use of technologies to develop contemporary literacies across disciplines. Three panelists will present their experiences integrating contemporary technologies into teacher...

Choosing Their Technology: Integrating Technology into Pre-Service Teacher Reflective Practice
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2007:1

Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

Teacher educators have incorporated a range of technology into pre-service teacher preparation, applying technology to support the creation of technologically proficient teachers and reflective practitioners. Responding to this impetus in teacher...

Strange Bedfellows: High-Stakes Accountability and Reflective Practice
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2004:1

Melanie Shoffner & Suzanne Gulledge, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, United States

Teacher education programs cannot fail to recognize the increasing importance of state and national standards in this era of high-stakes accountability. Emerging technologies provide teacher education programs with various options to meet these...

“If You Write It Down, You Have to Think About It”: Incorporating Weblogs into Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflective Practice
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2005:1

Melanie Shoffner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

Teacher educators are constantly challenged to find a common ground between old and new. One such challenge is supporting meaningful reflection from pre-service teachers with traditional forms of reflective practice. The incorporation of weblogs...

The potential of weblogs in pre-service teachers' reflective practice
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2006:1

Melanie Shoffner, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, United States

Pre-service teachers enter teacher education programs with a working practical theory, formed from experience, knowledge and values, that informs their thoughts and actions. Through reflection, pre-service teachers reaffirm, reassess and recreate...

What’s Technology Got to Do With It?: Exploring Reflection and Technology in an English Education Methods Course
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2008:1

Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States

Reflection and reflective practice are common elements in teacher education, with teacher educators working to create teachers who are able to analyze issues of teaching and learning from differing perspectives and make changes to both practice and...

Attention Future Faculty: Current Faculty Discuss the Job Search Process
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2009:1

Hugh Crumley, Duke University, United States; Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States; Emily Scida, University of Virginia, United States; Elizabeth Langran, Fairfield University, United States; Jan Yow, University of South Carolina – Columbia, United States

This panel discussion focused on elements of the job search process for PhD students seeking faculty positions involving instructional technology. Five current faculty members shared their experiences and perspectives of the job search before...

The Academic Job Search Process: A Faculty Panel for Graduate Students
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference(SITE)2010:1

Hugh Crumley, Duke University, United States; Elizabeth Langran, Fairfield University, United States; Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, United States; Ian Gibson, Macquarie University, Australia

This panel will focus on elements of the job search process for PhD students seeking faculty positions involving instructional technology. Four current faculty members will share their experiences and perspectives of the job search before inviting...

Personal Attitudes and Technology: Implications for Preservice Teacher Reflective Practice
Teacher Education Quarterly (ISSN-0737-5328) 36:2

Melanie Shoffner

The increasing importance of technology in today's world challenges teacher educators to create technology-proficient teachers, practitioners who can utilize existing technology, learn to work with emerging technology and adapt as needed when...

The Place of the Personal: Exploring the Affective Domain through Reflection in Teacher Preparation
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies (ISSN-0742-051X) 25:6

Melanie Shoffner

Emotions and emotional states play an important role in learning to teach, encouraging teacher educators to consider the place of the affective domain in preservice teacher preparation. Preservice teacher reflection provides a means by which to...

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