Teacher candidates' advice for improving technology-infused courses clustered into three themes: better instruction and instructors, more tools and practice, and focus on school-available technology¶

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q2 i? Open-ended advice responses reflected three themes: instruction and instructors could be improved, candidates wanted more tools and resources with more practice, and candidates wanted a stronger focus on technology available in schools. → Buss 2017

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Buss 2017¶

Buss, R. R., Lindsey, L., Foulger, T. S., Wetzel, K., & Pasquel, S. (2017). Assessing a technology infusion approach in a teacher preparation program. International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 13(1), 33-44. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Assessing+a+technology+infusion+approach+in+a+teacher+preparation+program

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Qualitative thematic analysis of responses to the advice question. Candidates suggested dedicated technology classes, instructors fluent in technology, more hands-on practice with tools, and learning to capitalize on the technologies actually available in their placement schools.

"The first theme indicated they thought instruction and instructors could be improved. A second theme represented the desire for more tools and resources and more practice with the tools. A third theme showed respondents wanted a stronger focus on technology that was available in the schools."

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Related Claims¶

• During student teaching, teacher candidates' technology integration varied in frequency and fell into four categories of use: teacher use, effective-but-not-transformative student use, higher-level student use, and interactive whiteboard use — related
• Teacher candidates' projected future classroom technology use mirrors their student-teaching use, with most describing routine, non-transformative use — related