Testing a TPACK-Based Technology Integration Assessment Rubric
Judi Harris, Neal Grandgenett, and Mark Hofer

Looking at the work of TPACK over the past five years

Much exploration of the construct — what does it look like?
About two years ago, more work about how to help teachers develop TPACK
Now we are interested in finding out more about assessing TPACK, [...]

The Evolution of Teacher Education in a Digital Learning Era: Transforming Knowledge in the Global Network
Lisa Dawley, Boise State University

The Unavoidable Evolution in Teacher Education

Travels around the world, others saying that American students are creative; yet, still calls for reform, especially in teacher education, keep happening here in US
New US EdTech plan, too

Growth in Online [...]

The Gap Between Life and Art: Remix Culture for Learning
Erin Reilly, University of Southern California
Project New Media Literacies

Context of remix culture

One in four online teens remix content that they find online (like songs, text, and images) and remix them into their own artistic creations
Remixing media is a part of participatory culture; teens meaningfully connect in [...]

Notes from “Blending Online and On-Site Spaces and Communities: Developing Effective Practices”
Niki Davis, Julie Mackey, Ann Mcgrath, Donna Morrow, Lawrence Walker, Nicki Dabner, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

E-learning blends to discuss

Blending physical and virtual spaces
Blending teacher’s online learning communities and local communities of colleagues
Blending teaching practice online with teachers redeveloping K-12 education

Online learning?

Learning with and [...]

Notes from “Pre-Service English Teachers and Web 2.0: Teaching and Learning Literacy with Digital Applications”
Luke Rodesiler and Lauren Tripp, University of Florida

Helping pre-service teachers re-imagine what it means to be literate

Tools including VoiceThread, PBWorks, and Xtranormal
Theoretical framework including social constructionism, interactional elements of effective literacy instruction and how texts are constructed

Primary research questions:

What understandings of [...]

Doug Hartman, from MSU’s Literacy Achievement Resource Center, spoke at MRA 2010 on “The Future of Reading and Writing at the Present Time: Preparing Students and Teachers for the 21st Century.”
Update – 3/30/10 – Embedded Slideshare Presentation
MRA 2010 Conference Session
View more presentations from Douglas K. Hartman.

He outlined four shifts that are happening as we continue [...]

Alfie Kohn, an outspoken critic of traditional schooling and standardized testing, spoke at CMU on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Here are some notes I captured from his talk, “Overhauling the Transmission Model: An overview of traditional versus progressive teaching”

You may know if you have been a student or teacher that learning is not simply a [...]

Last fall, Sara and I had opportunity to sit in on some conversations about MSU’s EdTech Hybrid PhD program, and Punya Mishra has recently written about this on his blog:
And finally, if you still aren’t satisfied… you can also work towards a Ph.D in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology! Designed for bright, established professionals currently [...]

An NWP colleague, Natalie Bernasconi from the Central California Writing Project, recently sent an email with some questions:
I’m interested in how infusing technology into the classroom as exemplified by Youth Voices and other initiatives changes the way teachers see their own role and their own identity.
I’m also interested in examining the relationship between teachers’ sense [...]