Infusing Technology in K-12 Classrooms: A Study of One Method Used to Evaluate the Impact of a Teacher-Focused Technology Integration Program

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Dean, D. (2001). Infusing Technology in K-12 Classrooms: A Study of One Method Used to Evaluate the Impact of a Teacher-Focused Technology Integration Program. In J. Price et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (pp. 2296-2301). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2001
Norfolk, VA
2001
ISBN 1-880094-41-X
  Jerry Price, Dee Anna Willis, Niki Davis & Jerry Willis
AACE

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David Dean, Eastern Washington Univ., United States

Abstract

This paper describes one method used to evaluate a program designed to prepare teachers to integrate technology into the classroom so that children will become capable and confident users of technology. The method observed involved in-depth training conducted outside of teachers' school districts via the Teacher Leadership Program sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Washington state. A quasi-experimental evaluation method was used. Results showed significant improvements in teachers' computer attitudes, self-efficacy, and experience measured on a pre to post test basis. Responses on post-test only factors indicated that: (a) school districts did not contribute significantly to participant's technology infusion efforts; (b) teachers described themselves as collaborative, mentoring, confident integrators of technology, and (c) teachers perceived that student learning was being positively impacted.

Keywords

• Leadership
• Evaluation
• Schools
• Teachers

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