Focusing on teachers' practices amid a national curriculum 'implementation' project for schools identified as having high enrolments of students experiencing disadvantage, this paper uses narrative methods to illustrate what we refer to as teachers' everyday work-for-change. Teacher interview data was generated via a longitudinal multi-site case…

Discusses the pros and cons of teaching touch keyboarding in elementary schools. Indicates that business teachers favor it to prevent development of inefficient keyboarding habits, and elementary teachers argue that it conflicts with whole-language theory and developmental appropriateness. (JOW)

Explores the need for digital literacy among teachers and its challenges. Discusses how professional development activities in technology may strengthen digital literacy among K-12 teachers. Offers an illustration of three effective professional development models that have successfully helped teachers integrate technology into the curriculum. (SR)

Enthusiastic elementary physical educators continually investigate effective ways to encourage students to engage in more physical activity. The most effective teachers look for interesting strategies and innovations that engage learners of all ability levels. A new innovation, the "Virtual Gym," addresses physical educators' concerns about…

Describes how one independent Hawaiian school worked to situate technology within its program and how its headmaster affected the progress. Because students had been exposed to varying levels of computer technology, a planning team had to determine a direction for its program. The plan included computer instruction for school staff. (SM)

Guideline competencies were developed for elementary, middle school, and high school teachers, computer teachers, and curriculum coordinators and compared with earlier guideline competencies. This comparison suggests major revisions in teacher education programs are needed to prepare teachers who can develop and teach utilizing new educational…

Presents suggestions for teacher preparation programs wishing to integrate technology into their curricula, using information from a study of the International Business Machine (IBM) "Teacher Preparation with Technology Grant Program" which funded 144 projects. The four biggest project problems were leadership/administration, faculty,…

Discusses the results of a study that examined the perceptions of elementary and secondary school teachers and of educational technology faculty and graduate students about five topic areas related to educational technology: instructional design, cooperative learning, learner control, school reform, and computers and media. (Author/LRW)

This paper describes the importance of the International Society for Technology in Education's Technology Foundation Standards for all Teachers, dividing the standards into four groups (basic technology operations and concepts; application of technology and instruction; professional and personal use of technology; and societal, ethical, and human…

This article proposes a Greek elementary teacher education curriculum, which includes a four-semester, four-level practicum component. The overall program objective is preparation of reflective teachers through interweaving theory and practice in the curriculum. International trends in practicums, clinical schools, and use of technology-rich…