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Abstract
West Chester University’s (WCU) USE-Tech Partners PT3 program has been a catalyst for increasing interest in and cooperation for preparing technology-proficient teachers. Professors who can model technology integration are an important element in the success of current exemplary teacher training efforts. This article tells the story of how WCU, a Pennsylvania state university, has worked to infuse technology into its teacher preparation efforts through faculty development. Project activities during a capacity-building year included monthly participant meetings, development of integration strategies by faculty, consortia partnership development, completion of the university technology plan, and project evaluation activities. Nineteen participating faculty had release time during spring or summer 2000 to develop and test integration strategies in one or more of their courses. Faculty enhanced the learning of preservice teachers through e-mail, the Internet and Web-based learning applications, content-specific software, and presentation software, as well as other productivity tools and videoconferencing.
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John Kinslow
John Kinslow, Ellen Newcombe, and Marlene Goss are the co-directors of the WCU PT3 Partnership for Excellence. This initiative combines the efforts of the university, southeastern Pennsylvania school districts, community members, and business partners toward the improvement of technology integration in teacher preparation. Kinslow and Goss have recently created a new educational technology certificate program at WCU, based on the ISTE NETS’T. Newcombe directs the new Faculty Technology Center in the WCU School of Education.
Ellen Newcombe
John Kinslow, Ellen Newcombe, and Marlene Goss are the co-directors of the WCU PT3 Partnership for Excellence. This initiative combines the efforts of the university, southeastern Pennsylvania school districts, community members, and business partners toward the improvement of technology integration in teacher preparation. Kinslow and Goss have recently created a new educational technology certificate program at WCU, based on the ISTE NETS’T. Newcombe directs the new Faculty Technology Center in the WCU School of Education.
Marlene Goss
John Kinslow, Ellen Newcombe, and Marlene Goss are the co-directors of the WCU PT3 Partnership for Excellence. This initiative combines the efforts of the university, southeastern Pennsylvania school districts, community members, and business partners toward the improvement of technology integration in teacher preparation. Kinslow and Goss have recently created a new educational technology certificate program at WCU, based on the ISTE NETS’T. Newcombe directs the new Faculty Technology Center in the WCU School of Education.