Literacy Enrichment and Technology Integration in Pre-Service Teacher Education

Literacy Enrichment and Technology Integration in Pre-Service Teacher Education

Jared Keengwe, Grace Onchwari, Darrell Hucks

Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 335

ISBN13: 9781466649248|ISBN10: 1466649240|EISBN13: 9781466649255

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4924-8

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Keengwe, Jared, Grace Onchwari, and Darrell Hucks, eds. Literacy Enrichment and Technology Integration in Pre-Service Teacher Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4924-8

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With the emergence of innovative technologies, the digital nature of learning environments has changed the face of education. The integration of these technologies into classroom instruction is essential for promoting student learning.

Literacy Enrichment and Technology Integration in Pre-Service Teacher Education examines the various strategies to resolve the challenges of technology integrations for teachers while offering best practices for transforming education. Focusing on the future of technology integration in education; this book is an essential tool for administrators, technology leaders, faculty, teachers, technology staff, and other educational technology stakeholders in various education-related disciplines.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapters

Chapter 1

Media-Enhanced Writing Instruction and Assessment (pages 1-16)

Michael S. Mott, Thea H. Williams-Black

Media-Enhanced Writing is defined as a visual and technological literacy and contains the research-based rationale for the instructional methodology, descriptions, and scenarios, as well as focused teaching and learning examples of...

Chapter 2

Reframing Conceptions of Contemporary Literacy Capabilities in Pre-Service Primary Teacher Education (pages 17-36)

Eileen Honan, Beryl Exley, Lisa Kervin, Alyson Simpson, Muriel Wells

This chapter describes the challenges of integrating new technologies with literacy education in pre-service primary teacher education in Australia. The authors describe the policy context and regulatory mechanisms controlling...

Chapter 3

Building Urban Pre-Service Teachers’ Pedagogical Knowledge and Skills through Digital Poetry Collaborations (pages 37-56)

Jody Polleck, Jason Wirtz

Educational reform theorists argue that schools of education and their neighboring public schools must enhance collaborative efforts so as to attain “simultaneous renewal” wherein elementary and secondary students and pre-service...

Chapter 4

Incorporating Information Literacy into Instructional Design within Pre-Service Teacher Programs (pages 57-74)

Lesley S. J. Farmer

As information and technology increase, the need for help in accessing, evaluating, and using information efficiently rises. Preservice teachers need information literacy for their own study, instructional practice, and as a set of...

Chapter 5

Investigating Cultural Models of Technology and Literacy Integration in Pre-Service Teacher Education (pages 75-90)

Damiana Gibbons, Theresa A. Redmond

This chapter reports research from a larger study that investigates the complexities of preparing digital native students to become digital native teachers in a teacher education program at a large, southern university. Specifically...

Chapter 6

Creating Virtual Field Trips to Support Student-Centered Learning (pages 91-106)

Stacy Delacruz, Maria Shaheen

Using a case study approach, elementary preservice teachers created Virtual Field Trips (VFTs) based around the Common Core Standards, state content standards, and cross-disciplinary content integration. The following semester, these...

Chapter 7

Digital Media Literacy Practices for 5th Year Pre-Service Teachers in a PDS Model (pages 107-127)

Neal Shambaugh

To examine digital media literacy practices in a teacher education program, this chapter first elaborates on a broader definition of literacy than reading and writing, suggesting media literacy as a more relevant teacher education...

Chapter 8

Using Digital Knowledge Maps to Integrate Technology into Pre-Service Teacher Education (pages 128-146)

Ria Hanewald

This chapter reports on the fostering of visual literacy skills through the integration of technology, specifically digital knowledge maps into a science communication course for 118 students at an Australian university. The aim of...

Chapter 9

Implementing a Problem-Based Technology Learning Environment to Foster Cultural Literacy and Responsiveness Instructional Skills (pages 147-159)

Blanche Jackson Glimps, Theron Ford

Technology is part of our daily lives; we can observe the use of technology in our cell phones and portable computers and, most notably, within classrooms. If used within the proper pedagogical context, computer-aided technology can...

Chapter 10

Moving from Professional Development to Real-Time Use: How are we Changing Students? (pages 160-182)

Meghan Morris Deyoe, Dianna L. Newman, Kristie Asaro-Saddler

This chapter demonstrates the importance of teacher training in the use of technology in literacy instruction by focusing on the need to update current teachers’ skills and practice. In the setting described, the emphasis was on the...

Chapter 11

Fostering Global Literacies among Pre-Service Teachers through Innovative Transdisciplinary Projects (pages 183-201)

Melda N. Yildiz, Belinha S. De Abreu

This chapter investigates the role of global literacy skills in teacher education while integrating multiple literacies as a means of further developing pre-service teachers’ global competencies and 21st century skills1 while...

Chapter 12

Expanding the Definitions of Text and Literacy in the Secondary Content Areas: Content Pedagogy as Literacy Practice (pages 202-219)

Robyn Seglem, Kara L. Lycke

Content area teachers are often prepared to instruct with texts that are heavily grounded in written language despite research that demonstrates that literacy and text expand beyond these parameters. Traditional content...

Chapter 13

Reading and Writing Strategies: Tools for Active Engagement in the College Classroom (pages 220-232)

Tanya Sturtz, Darrell Hucks

In the field of education, students are not only expected to come to college with the reading and writing skills needed to successfully complete their program of study but also to enter the profession upon graduation with the ability...

Chapter 14

21st Century New Literacies and Digital Tools as Empowering Pedagogies for Urban Youth of Color (pages 233-246)

Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Marcelle M. Haddix

Increasingly, more youth of color are gaining access to multiple forms of digital and popular media, yet 21st Century Literacies are virtually absent from the curriculum in most schools that serve them. By contrast, their increased...

Chapter 15

Using the Webinar Experience to Increase Teacher Presence within an Online Pre-Service Literacy Course (pages 247-262)

Peggy Semingson

Literacy methods classes for elementary teachers are known for providing content where instructors typically demonstrate and model effective teaching techniques for students. With the ongoing shift towards online learning contexts in...

Chapter 16

“Y’all Laggin’!”: Exploring the Intersection of Academic and Youth Language Practices through Digital Tools (pages 263-280)

Antero D. Garcia, Robyn Seglem, Peter Carlson

This chapter details a collaborative project between a class of preservice teachers and a class of tenth grade high school students. Separated by thousands of miles, the two classes engaged through online communication including the...

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