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Wang, Yu-Mei; Chen, Victor Der-Thanq – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2007
The stand alone IT/computer course is the earliest IT training model in teacher education programs. This course model has been severely criticized and there has been a call to eliminate it from preservice teachers' IT training. Over the past decade, new IT initiatives were implemented to integrate the computer use throughout teacher training…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Computer Uses in Education, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers
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Wang, Yu-Mei – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
The stand-alone computer course is the earliest IT training model in teacher education. Designed in the early 1980s, the course responded to increasing demands from schools that teachers have adequate technology skills. The primary goal was to improve technology proficiency among preservice teachers. Research later determined that student teachers…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Computer Literacy, Technology Education
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Wang, Yu-Mei – T.H.E. Journal, 2000
The author introduced a three-phase training model into a yearlong inservice technology training program, field testing the model with a group of elementary school teachers. Strategies, tips and insights are shared regarding each phase of the following phases: "Familiarization: Getting Acquainted with the Computer Environment"; "Utilization: Using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Information Technology