Selected Resources on Technology in Early Childhood Teacher Education HITN ELC & TEC Center Higher Education Initiaitive
Chip Donohue, PhD, Dean of Distance Learning & Continuing Education and TEC Center Director
U.S. Reports and Recommendations on 21st Century Teacher Preparation • Born in Another Time: Ensuring Education Technology Meets the Needs of Students Today – and
Tomorrow. (2012). National Association of State Boards of Education. www.nasbe.org/wp-‐content/uploads/Born-‐in-‐Another-‐Time-‐NASBE-‐full-‐report.pdf
• Learning in the 21st Century: Digital Experiences and Expectations of Tomorrow’s Teachers. Project Tomorrow. www.tomorrow.org/speakup/tomorrowsteachers_report2013.html
• Partnering for Success: A 21st Century Model for Teacher Preparation. (2013). International Association for k-‐12 Online Learning www.inacol.org/cms/wp-‐content/uploads/2013/10/iNACOL-‐Partnering-‐for-‐Success-‐October-‐2013.pdf
• Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers To Use Technology: Perspectives of the Leaders of Twelve National Education Associations. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. (2001). http://editlib.org/d/10740
• Take a Giant Step: A Blueprint for Teaching Children in a Digital Age. (2011). The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/Reports-‐31.html
• Transforming Teacher Education Through Clinical Practice: A National Strategy to Prepare Effective Teachers. (2010). National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. www.ncate.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=zzeiB1OoqPk%3D&tabid=715
U.S. Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Organizations with Technology Standards • AACTE, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education http://aacte.org/ • ACCESS, Associate Degree Early Childhood Teacher Educators www.accessece.org/ • ACEI, Association for Childhood Education International http://acei.org/ • CAEP, Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation http://caepnet.org/ • ISTE, International Society for Technology in Education www.iste.org/ • NAECTE, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators www.naecte.org/ • NAEYC, National Association for the Education of Young Children www.naeyc.org • NAMLE, National Association for Media Literacy Education http://namle.net/ • NCATE, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education www.ncate.org/ • TPACK: Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge www.tpack.org
Resources on Technology in Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Barron, B., G. Cayton-‐Hodges, L. Bofferding, C. Copple, L. Darling-‐Hammond, M. Levine. 2011. Take a Giant Step: A
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Bell, L. (Ed.). (2001). Preparing tomorrow’s teachers to use technology: Perspectives of the leaders of twelve national education associations. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online Serial]. 1(4) 517-‐534.
Blake, S., Winsor, D. L., Burckett, C., & Allen, L. (2011). Developmentally appropriate technology practice: Exploring myths and perceptions of early childhood and instructional technology professionals. i-‐manager’s Journal on School Educational Technology, 6, 36-‐49.
Bock, M. (2013). “Aspiring Teachers Outpace Current Ones in Tech. Use, Survey Finds. Ed Week Digital Education (blog), February 11.
Campbell, A. & G. Scotellaro. 2009. Learning with Technology for Pre-‐Service Early Childhood Teachers. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(2), 11-‐18.
Center for the Child Care Workforce. 2007. E-‐Learning: A National Review of Early Childhood Education Distance Learning Programs. Washington, DC: Center for the Child Care Workforce.
Chen, J-‐Q., & C. Chang. 2006. Testing the Whole Teacher Approach to Professional Development: A Study of Enhancing Early Childhood Teachers’ Technology Proficiency. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 8(1).
Chitanana, L. 2012. A Constructivist Approach to the Design and Delivery Of An Online Professional Development Course: A Case of the iLearn Online Course. International Journal of Instruction, 5(1), 23-‐48.
Clark, D. (2007) Exploring the potential of online technology as a tool for informing the practice of license-‐exempt child care providers, E-‐Learning, 4(1), pp. 24-‐39.
Conceição, S. C. O. & Donohue, C. (2012). Intentional Design Based on Understanding the Learners, Teachers, and Content. Presentation and proceedings, Distance Teaching and Learning Conference, Madison, WI.
Conceição, S. C. O. & Donohue, C. (2012). Building and Sustaining an Online Teacher Education Community: A Case Study for Overcoming Barriers. Presentation and proceedings, Ed Media Conference, Denver, CO.
Conceicao, S. C. O., & R. M. Lehman (2011). Managing Online Instructor Workload: Strategies for Finding Balance and Success. San Francisco: Jossey-‐Bass.
David, J., S. Lennox, S. Walker, & K. Walsh. 2007. Exploring Staff Perceptions: Early Childhood Teacher Educators Examine Online Teaching and Learning Challenges and Dilemmas. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 1(2), 1-‐15.
Dolan, S. (2008). Forming communities of learners online: The culture and presence of asynchronous discussion groups. He Kupu, 1(5), 32-‐47.
Dolan, S., Donohue, C., Holstrom, L, Pernell, L., & Sachdev, A. (2009, November). Supporting online learners: Blending high tech with high touch. Exchange, pp. 90-‐97.
Donohue, C. (2007). The instructor’s view of eLearning: Taking your first steps into eTeaching. Professional Development Bulletin, (79). Washington, DC. Office of Head Start.
Donohue, C. & Fox, S. (2012, March). Lessons learned, innovative practices and emerging trends: Technology for teacher education and professional development. Exchange, 74-‐82.
Donohue, C., Fox, S., & Torrence, D. (2007). Early childhood educators as eLearners: Engaging approaches to teaching and learning online. Young Children, 62(4), 34-‐40.
Donohue, C. & Schomburg, R. (2015). Teaching with Technology: Preparing Early Childhood Educators for the Digital Age. In C. Donohue (Ed.). Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years: Tools for Teaching and Learning, New York: Routledge.
Downer, J.T., R.C. Pianta, X. Fan, B.K. Hamre, A. Mashburn, & L. Justice. 2011. Effects of Web-‐Mediated Teacher Professional Development on the Language and Literacy Skills of Children Enrolled in Prekindergarten Programs, NHSA Dialog, 14(4), 189-‐212.
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Fox, S., & Donohue, C. (2006, November). Trends and promising practices in early childhood teacher education
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