Connecting, Collaborating, Continuing to Learn

Hur, J., & Hara, N. (2007). Factors Cultivating Sustainable Online Communities for K-12 Teacher Professional Development. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 36(3), 245-268. doi: 10.2190/37H8-7GU7-5704-K470 In this study of online teacher community called INDISCHOOL in Korea, the researchers examined online postings from the community and conducted interviews.  12 factors were identified as a resulte of [...]

Borko, H., Whitcomb, J., & Liston, D. (2009). Wicked Problems and Other Thoughts on Issues of Technology and Teacher Learning. Journal of Teacher Education, 60(1), 3-7. doi: 10.1177/0022487108328488 Editorial: Journal of Teacher Education, theme issue: Innovative Uses of Technology for Teacher Learning Wicked Problem: problem that include a large number of complex variables. The fast [...]

William R Penuel, & Margaret Riel. (2007). The ‘New’ Science of Networks and The Challenge of School Change. Phi Delta Kappan, 88(8), 611.  Sociologists often analyze social networks using mathematical models.  As an aspect of positive leadership within schools, social network analysis is a good way to get a feel for what is happening in [...]

Lieberman, A., & Pointer-Mace, D. (2009). Making Practice Public: Teacher Learning in the 21st Century. Journal of Teacher Education, 0022487109347319. doi: 10.1177/0022487109347319 Lieberman and Pointer-Mace continue to redefine the field of professional development and teacher learning.  As the ability to collaborate and connect via the web affords teachers with new opportunities, Liberman and Pointer-Mace frame [...]

Annotations from: Hew, K. F., & Hara, N. (2007). Empirical study of motivators and barriers of teacher online knowledge sharing.    Educational Technology Research and Development, 55(6), 573-595. doi: 10.1007/s11423-007-9049-2 Khe Foon Hew from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Noriko Hara of Indiana University Bloomington, engaged in an empirical study of the flow of knowledge [...]

I have spent the last two weeks deeply immersed in conversation centered around digital literacy.  As a member of the National Writing Project and the technology liaison for the Chippewa River Writing Project, I was fortunate to have been invited to attend a new event this year held as a precursor to the annual meeting.  [...]

Zhao, Y., & Frank, K. A. (2003). Factors Affecting Technology Uses in Schools: An Ecological Perspective. American Educational Research Journal, 40(4), 807-840. doi: 10.3102/00028312040004807 Key Quotes: p. 808 Concerns about the slow adoption of technology by teachers are not new.Many researchers have, from various angles, studied the phenomenon through different approaches, from case studies (Cuban, [...]

As an assignment for CEP 930, Educational Inquiry, our professor, Dr. Mark Reckase, gave us the task of creating a concept map that outlined our initial thoughts regarding our research interest areas.  To be honest, when I first started working on this assignment, I was a bit grumpy, but as I fiddled away, engaged in [...]

Educational Leadership Teachers, Writers, Leaders Lieberman and Friedrich capture the essence teacher leaders.  Much has been written about leadership, defining, what it takes to be a leader, lead a company, a project, a group; yet leadership in education is different.  The authors proclaim that teacher leaders are the key to school reform.  If this is [...]

What a great overview of the shared experience repeated by so many teachers who participate in a National Writing Project Summer Institute. I’ve been involved with NWP for the past four years and through my interactions with teachers both at the local, state and national level, the message is clear: the NWP model is a [...]