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Introducing Leadership Issues in Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs Through Instructional Technology Courses
Abstract
Leadership is the art of influencing others. It is the regulating of the behavior of others (Hackman, 1995, p. 429). “Instructional technology deals with the practice of using technology to teach, (Tomei, 2001, p. 4). This paper will discuss the dynamics of leadership and how to provide learning activities to pre-service teachers in instructional technology to afford them opportunities to become agents of change as they become leading teachers in the global community. The use of technology in education and the global economy changes the way we work and interact with others. As the technology changes, it is imperative that instructional technology leaders are active in the development of new educational processes to educate pre-service teachers (Carbonara, 2002). The rate of technology change is commonly known as Moore’s Law (Webopedia, 2002). While it specifically states that the number of transistors on a an integrated circuit board will double every 18 months, it essentially states that the technology will undergo a generational change every year and a half. Duderstadt (2000, p.17) states that “at this rate, the $1,000 computer in the year 2020 will have a computing speed of 1 million gigahertz, a memory of thousands of terabits, and linkages to global networks at data transmission rates of gigabits per second…”. How will the global community use the power of these changes? What is the impact these technological changes have on the education of students? Who will lead us into this new era? How will we get there? How will we know we’ve arrived? What is the vision for the future?
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