Instructional Technology Experiences of Student Teachers: A Case Study of Participants in the STAT Internship Program

<p>The internship experience is an important link between preservice training and inservice teaching. The STAT Internship Program is an alternative internship program that emphasizes the use of instructional technology. A case study of seven participants in the STAT Internship Program was chosen to investigate five research questions. The research questions explored five broad areas: (1) the technology applications interns used, (2) issues that arose from their use of technology, (3) intern attitudes towards technology, (4) the influence of preservice training on intern use of technology, and (5) shared experiences with technology.</p> <p>The study yielded a full description of the interns' individual and collective experiences with technology throughout the duration of the semester. Interns used a variety of instructional technology applications. The most frequent applications used were PowerPoint, digital projectors, <em>unitedstreaming </em>, and mobile laptop carts. Student behavior, time, and access were factors that hindered intern use of technology. Intern attitudes towards technology remained constant and positive throughout the duration of the semester. The study found that methods professors can have a significant impact on an intern's instructional choices and technology use during a field experience.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2004

Author dc:creator

• Vartanian, Lee B.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dwight Allen
• Dean Cristol
• Wendy Frazier

• Instructional technology
• STAT Internship Program
• Student teachers
• Educational Technology
• Teacher Education and Professional Development

Identifier

9780496813179

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:urbanstudies_etds-1003