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RESEARCH QUESTION SUMMARY

Question #4:

a)     How can learning technologies be integrated into traditional Teacher Education praxis?

b)    What components of the Teacher Education Program can be effectively addressed through rich media?

c)     Is it more effective or less effective than traditional practices?

Susan

Practical implementation of Laptops

i.e. Integrating New Media into the Classroom

-allows for students to use while they are “in the field”

-allows students with disabilities a chance to do study at home – sign out procedures for computers

Lesson Plans for Laptops

-Science on a field trip  “to the Beach”

Laptops in the classroom

-5 models of laptop use in K-12

1. each student has their own
2. class set and a rotation schedule is established so Teachers share
3. evenly dispersed in a given classroom – what you see are students with and students without laptops
4. laptops are assigned a few to each classroom – students share
5. Any combination of the above models