Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Technology Used to Support Literacy Practices

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Author(s): Donna Glenn Wake (University of Central Arkansas, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 23
Source title: Technological Tools for the Literacy Classroom
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jeff Whittingham (University of Central Arkansas, USA), Stephanie Huffman (University of Central Arkansas, USA), Wendy Rickman (University of Central Arkansas, USA)and Cheryl Wiedmaier (University of Central Arkansas, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3974-4.ch013

Keywords: Digital Literacy / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science

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This study explores teacher education candidates’ perceptions of technologies used to support K-12 student literacy development. Candidates selected technologies for future adoption based on impressions of each technology’s ability to support student literacy development. Technologies included broad-based applications (blogs, wikis, podcasts, digital storytelling) as well as more specific applications (Prezi, Glogster, Voicethread). Results indicate that candidates selected first those technologies they saw as useful in presenting content in a teacher-directed paradigm. They then considered technologies that allowed for student authoring and manipulation representing more student inquiry-based approaches. Data were disaggregated for secondary versus elementary candidate populations.

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