The Role of Technology in Field Experiences Patricia Alvarez McHatton, Ph.D. Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Paradigm Shift • IT Support Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
What is the purpose of technology? Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Today’s Students • A Vision of Students Today • Implications for Teacher Preparation Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Class of 2012 Mindset • GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available. • Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option. • WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling. • College grads have always been able to Teach for America. • They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy to play with in the crib. • Personal privacy has always been threatened. • Caller ID has always been available on phones. • Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year they were born. • There have always been charter schools. Beloit College Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
A Plethora of Possibilities Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Self-Assessment • Think-Pair-Share • What technology do you have available to you? • How do you use technology? • Who do you go to when you have a technology question/problem? • On a scale of 1 to 10 rate the level of support available within your institution for technology integration • On a scale of 1 to 10 rate the comfort level you have with the use of technology • What challenges have you experienced with the increased use of technology? Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Technology Literacy • Does not equate with appropriate use of Instructional Technology • Technology for Play versus Technology for Work (Allsopp, Alvarez McHatton, & Cranston-Gingras, 2009) Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Considerations • What are some issues that need to be considered with the use of technology in teacher education? • Internet Policy • Technology Policy • Social Media • Texting • Integration and Implementation Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Considerations • Within your group issues to be considered when developing a policy on the use of technology in teacher education Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Systematic Integration:Edyburn’s Model Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Technology and Field Experiences Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Options • Virtual Field Experiences • Simulations • Video Technologies/Cases • Virtual Supervision • Real Time Feedback • Video Conferencing/Cyber Supervision • Observations • Self-Assessments • Mentoring Tools Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Virtual Field Experiences • Avatars as students • Graphical representation of a person • An alter ego • Allows teacher candidates to practice prior to interacting with real kids Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
My Alter Ego The Gatekeeper By day, an unassuming professor, but by night, her full force, in your face demeanor keeps the shady, the arrogant, and the ill-willed from creeping into the world of academia. She keeps the gate locked up tight, so tell your friends don’t try to get through.
Virtual Field Experiences • Virtual Classroom Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Video Technologies • Individual and Collaborative Reflection • Access to varied contexts and instructional approaches • Guided Field Experiences • Repeated viewings • Multiple perspectives • Case Analysis • Richer and more detailed than traditional case studies • Multiple perspectives Wang & Hartley, 2003) Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Video Technologies • Challenges • Access • Exemplars • Some examples: • MathVIDS • http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/mathvids/strategies/strategies.html • Dr. Mac’s Amazing Behavior Management Site • http://www.behavioradvisor.com/TrainingVideo.html Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Wireless Technology (BIE) • Feedback essential to preparation, yet many teacher candidates felt there was insufficient feedback provided during their field experiences (Sheeler, et al., 2004; Buck, Morsink, griffin,hines, & Lenk, 1992) Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Wireless Technology (BIE) • Materials: • Creative WebCamLife! Ultra-Wide Angle Web Camera™ (Model No. VF0060) • Plantronics P1-Voyager 510 Windsmart Bluetooth Headset™ (Model No. 72270-61) • IOGEAR Bluetooth 2.0 USB Adapter, Class 2™ (Model No. GBU221) • Skype™ (Version 3.0.0.217) (Rock, Gregg, Thead, Acker, Gable, & Zigmond, 2009) Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Wireless Technology (BIE) • Materials approximately $150.00 (Rock, Gregg, Thead, Acker, Gable, & Zigmond, 2009) Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Wireless Technology (BIE) • Over a 5-week period, 64 30-minute observations were completed • 73.3% found the BIE observations to be a positive experience • Increase in desired teacher candidate instructional behaviors and K-12 students on-task behavior • Feedback bridged research to practice gap • Participants found real-time feedback “empowering (53.3%), helpful (73.3%), and positive60.0%)” (Rock, Gregg, Thead, Acker, Gable, & Zigmond, 2009, p. 72, 75) Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Cyber Supervision • Portable camera, computer, and video conferencing software • Live feed • Reduces travel time • Provides quality supervision • Promotes collaboration between school and university faculty (Coker et al., 2002; Coursol, 2004) Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Cyber Supervision • Dymond, Renzaglia, Halle, Chadsey, & Bentz (2008) examined percent of agreement between on-site supervisors and off-site supervisors using video conferencing to be 86% Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Field Supervision • LiveScribe • Providing support for field observations Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Video Analysis • Teacher Candidates videotape lessons • Upload them • Supervisors as well as teacher candidate can view and code video • Can be used to: • Document mastery • Document use of evidence-based practices • Reflect on own teaching Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Video Analysis • Software • EviRXhttp://evirx.com/ • Transanahttp://www.transana.org/ • Iris Connect http://www.irisconnect.co.uk/ • Studio Code http://www.studiocodegroup.com/ Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Experiences with Video Analysis Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Video Analysis • Hennessy & Deaney (2009) examined teachers’ use of data projectors and interactive whiteboards • Videotaped lessons • Collaboratively reviewed videos • Conducted student focus groups • Collected student work samples • Teachers kept a journal on their process • Developed interactive CD-ROMs with hyperlinked professional development activities and samples of narratives • Available from http://t-media.educ.cam.ac.uk/ Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Other Possibilities • Use of technology to expose teacher candidates to diverse learners • eMentoring Project • Purposefully integrate technology and urban teaching experiences for teacher candidates from suburban/rural areas • Paired teacher candidates one-on-one with a K-12 student in an urban school • Weekly exchanges throughout the semester • Improved attitudes regarding teaching in urban schools Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Other Tools • Variety of interactive tools • Wiki • Collaborating • http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachers • Blog • Communicating • https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=blogger&passive=1209600&continue=http://www.blogger.com/home&followup=http://www.blogger.com/home<mpl=start#s01 Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Other Tools + Project https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/+/learnmore/index.html#circles Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
Your Turn • Reflect on your responses to the self-assessment • How might you be able to immediately enhance your field experiences through the use of technology? • Refer back to Edyburn’s Systematic Integration Framework and discuss how you might proceed in your goal to utilize technology to enhance your field experiences Alvarez McHatton - Monarch 2011
