Share Paper: Professional Development for Technology Integration in the Early Elementary Grades

  1. Cassie Froemming, New Mexico State University, United States
  2. Lauren Cifuentes, New Mexico State University, United States

Abstract: This qualitative research study sought to examine effective elements of professional development that encourage technology integration by early elementary educators. Puentedura’s (2014) Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition (SAMR) model served as the framework for measuring the extent to which the teachers integrated technology as a result of a socially rich, learner-centered professional development experience designed to enhance the integration of Seesaw, an online communications and portfolio tool. The questions that guided this study before, during, and after the professional development intervention were: How do K-3 teachers change in their adoption of technology in their classroom teaching practices as a result of ...