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This paper will focus on multi-disciplined integrated units as developed and taught by teachers from the Ainsworth Public Schools, a small Nebraska school district who are involved in a federal grant. The impact of the changes made in this schools ...

The use of portfolios for student assessment has been emerging as a trend to be considered when planning for pre-service teacher assessment. Portfolio assessment allows teacher candidates to collect, select and reflect on artifacts that allow them...

During the 1999-2000 school year College of Education (COE) faculty members at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) began looking at the feasibility of using digital portfolios in their individual programs. The PT3 coordinator and COE) computer ...

The evaluation of a multi-institutional educational technology project can indeed be a daunting task. Educational technology use within the project can be both a challenge and strength within the evaluation process, adding both variables to...

Assuring that education faculty members use educational technology effectively in their classes requires that they know and use technology themselves. This paper shares the experiences of a college of education's 10 year effort to train faculty to...

This paper presentation will focus on a successful model of inservice training for teachers. The model, used by a multi-school five year US DOE Challenge Grant includes five day and three day training sessions in the summer, followed by a 2 day...

This paper will focus on a multidisciplined, integrated, and thematic curriculum unit developed and taught by teachers from two Nebraska school districts involved in a U.S. Department of Education Challenge grant. The teachers from these schools...

Handheld computers, such as Palms and Visors, are quickly becoming a common tool in the business world and this innovation has much potential to be used in education. This paper will focus on the initial integration of handhelds in a college of...

Abstract: The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) has developed a digital portfolio for all teacher candidates. The portfolio has been created using a database and is Internet accessable. This portfolio is systemic, allowing teacher candidates...

The convenience and low cost of handhelds have attracted the attention of educators interested in developing ongoing, continuous assessment. Educators just learning how to use their handhelds to help them teach are faced with long lists of software...

The convenience and low cost of handhelds have attracted the attention of educators interested in developing ongoing, continuous assessment. Educators just learning how to use their handhelds to help them teach are faced with long lists of software...

Abstract: Handheld computers (Palms, Visors, PocketPCs, etc.) are being used in classrooms around the country with educators using the technology for writing, visualizing, data collection, data manipulations, and simulations. These devices have...

The convenience and low cost of handhelds have attracted the attention of educators interested in developing ongoing, continuous assessment. Educators just learning how to use their handhelds to help them teach are faced with long lists of software...

The College of Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is providing "TechPacks" for checkout by education faculty and/or students to use in their courses on campus or in schools for field placements or student teaching. These "TechPacks"...

Although ePortfolios are very important for potential for improving student assessment, much can be gained in addition to assessment. As education programs continue on the ePortfolio process, leveraging the different types of potential impact...

This paper will focus on an NSF project titled SPIRIT 2.0, which is designed to support and provide context for curriculum development in mathematics and science through an integrated robotics-focused approach. The SPIRIT 2.0 cyberinfrastructure is...