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Fostering Inquiry-based Learning in Technology-rich Learning Environments: The Inquiry Page in the GK-12 Fellowship Program
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2002:1 , 2002

Bertram Bruce & Sharon Comstock, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA; Bharat Mehra, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

This paper analyzes the uses of the Inquiry Page in the National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship Program, where scientist-fellows and K-12 teachers partner to integrate the use of computer-based modeling, scientific visualization, and...

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Who’s Teaching Whom? Scientist/Teacher Teams and Administrative Strategies
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2002:1 , 2002

Sharon Comstock, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA; Bharat Mehra, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

As one of the research university teams participating in the National Science Foundation (NSF) GK-12 Fellowship Program, site educators and scientists are realizing collaborative, technology-rich learning environments that have implications for...

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New Tools Supporting New Partnerships: Technology Development within the NSF GK-12
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004:1 , 2004

James Buell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA; Bertram Bruce, Sharon Comstock & Richard Braatz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Twenty-first century technologies are enabling new kinds of collaboration between university-based scientists and K-12 science teachers, while also providing researchers with new windows on cross-institutional collaborative activity. This paper will ...

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What Science and Technology Mean to the High School Learner:
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004:1 , 2004

Kathleen Gabric, Hinsdale Central High School, USA; Sharon Comstock, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Steven A. Moore Jr., Eli Lilly, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA; Ron Shope, Grace University, USA; Bertram Bruce & Jim Buell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

This paper is based on thick data collected over two years in science classrooms across the state of Illinois, with a focus on one high school biology educator and visiting scientist fellow team. Both were participants in a significant research...

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Development of Professional Learning Communities: Factors within the NSF GK-12 Program
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004:1 , 2004

Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA; Sharon Comstock, Bertram Bruce & Jim Buell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

This paper will focus on the process and activities supporting professional development for scientist-fellows and teacher/mentors in high school classroom environs. The GK-12 Program at UIUC has made it its goal to create a professional learning...

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The Inquiry Page: Collaborative Technology into Practice
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003:1 , 2003

Bertram Bruce & Sharon Comstock, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, Teachers College, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

This session trains teachers and learners in The Inquiry Page, a free, web-based, knowledge-building tool that facilitates and fosters real-world application of inquiry-based learning across subject areas (www.inquiry.uiuc.edu). By creating "Inquiry ...

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Scientists Becoming Teachers: Lessons Learned from Teacher Partnerships
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003:1 , 2003

Umesh Thakkar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Bertram Bruce, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA; Sharon Comstock, Steve Moore & Eric Jakobsson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

This paper will describe the lessons learned from a research project sponsored by NSF that involves graduate teaching fellows in K-12 education programs. Themes emerging from our sites will be shared that include the role of collaborations and...

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Collaborative Inquiry and Participatory Design in High School Science: A Case Study in Technology Development and Application
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Susan Camasta, Hinsdale South High School District 86, USA; Mohan Karulkar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA; Sharon Comstock, Dominican University, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

This paper is based on data collected over two years in a high school chemistry classroom, with a focus on how collaborative inquiry between a high school teacher and a chemical engineer shaped the teaching/learning experience of students by...

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Indigenous Understandings of "Information Literacy" by High School Student Learners and Librarians: A Sociotechnical Approach
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007:1 , Mar 26, 2007

Sharon Comstock, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

What does "information literacy" mean to high school students in their own information-seeking for school projects and to the school librarians responsible for teaching it? This paper explores the indigenous meanings both students and librarians...

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Generational Impact: Growing a Teacher Community of Practice in Science Education
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009

Susan Camasta, Hinsdale South High School, USA; Rick Pavinato, Homewood-Flossmoor High School, USA; Sharon Comstock, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

Teaching can be an isolating endeavor with little opportunity to share best practices or engage in sustained professional community. By way of example, this paper suggests successful strategies for building an authentic community of practice in the...

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Evaluation of Next-Generation Technology Integration in the Sciences, an Eight-year Case Study
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009

Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA; Sharon Comstock, Lisa Bievenue & Rita Davis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

This paper is based on thick data collected over eight years across the state of Illinois in middle and high school chemistry, physics, biology, vocational, social studies, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and environmental studies class...

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Teachers Coaching Scientists: Beyond Metaphor to Modeling Meaningful Inquiry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009

Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA; Sharon Comstock, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA; Susan Camasta, Hinsdale South High School, USA; Rick Pavinato, Homewood-Flossmoor High School, USA

Coaching is not often a term we think of when considering science education. We most often rely on the oft-used “mentor.” But it may be that it is the skills of a coach that we see in effective professional development and that mirror closely the...

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"Making it Real": Students Assess Technology and Teaching in High School Biology
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009

Chris Whalen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA; Matt Kirkpatrick, Neuqua Valley High School, USA; Delwyn Harnisch, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA; Sharon Comstock, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

This paper is based on assessment data collected in a high school biology classroom in Illinois, with a focus on how online student reflections are used as a both an evaluation and assessment tool to examine specifically how students build...

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