Implementing a One-to-One Technology Initiative in Higher Education

This paper describes the process of conceptualizing and implementing a one-to-one technology initiative at a regional comprehensive university. Organized around the principle that sustainable change requires attention to clear, justifiable goals, attention to key decisions, the development of stakeholder investment, adequate training, building appropriate infrastructure, and a concern for sustainability, the authors provide specific examples detailing how the change initiative in which they participated addressed each of those areas

An Alternative Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Program: A Comprehensive One-to-One iPad Initiative Model

To date, little literature has been published on how an alternative undergraduate teacher preparation program infuses mobile devices such as the iPad and its applications, model classrooms, and a high-tech computer lab to prepare teacher candidates. Preparing teacher candidates to generalize technological skills is most effective when it is hands on, using the varied devices and support available to them. Meaningful instruction, application and maintenance of technological usage is the key to 21st century teaching and learning but it will not occur without a designed plan of action or model. This article focuses on the prominence of the use of iPads for teacher candidates in higher education and its potential impact on the learning of students with varying backgrounds and abilities in public schools. Further, it provides conceptual, systematic, comprehensive, and ready-to-use three phases of an existing one-to-one iPad initiative model at a southeast institution of higher education in the United States of America. Keywords: iPads in Higher Education, Mobile Learning, Pre-service Teachers, Teacher Candidates, Alternative Teacher Preparation Progra

Stronger Together: Collaborating with State Agencies to Develop Powerful Systems of Accountability

Dr. Kania-Gosche and Dr. Fridley discussed their work revising the Missouri educator preparation program accountability syste

Interdisciplinary Studies Feature A Tale worth Telling: Helping Students Construct Stories of the Past

Abstract This article explores the clichéd notion of history as narrative. Within the context of an interesting narrative, events, ideas, and people in the past become plot points instead of detached fragments of data. This re-conception of historical facts as pieces of a story allow