Share Paper: The Influence of Graduate Coursework on Teacher Leaders' Ability to Integrate Technology into the Curriculum: Results and Comparison from a Follow-up Study on the Acquisition of TPACK Skills

  1. Susan Marie Sibert, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States
  2. DeAnna Laverick, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States
  3. Crystal Machado, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States
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Abstract: Abstract: This paper reports on a follow-up study of a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) project that investigated participating teacher leaders' perception of their technology integration skills and use, the factors that constrained and facilitated effective technology integration, and the influence that a graduate-level course (e.g. textbook, hand-on activities, direct instruction, self- reflections) had on their willingness to integrate technology more fully in their K-12 classrooms. The authors describe the various ways teacher leaders' integrated technology into their classrooms during the course, and following its conclusion. The researchers also describe how student feedback will be used to make the ...