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An English Teacher’s Journey of Technology Integration: A Case Study

Brief Paper ID: 44890
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    Shu-Ju Diana Tai
    Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching, Iowa State University
  2. Richmond Dzekoe
    Iowa State University

Abstract: The study investigates what and how Shannon, an English teacher, adopted what she learned in the technology for literacy course into her classrooms. Starting from being handed an iPad and told to use it to taking a course guided by the TPACK framework (Mishra & Koehler, 2006) and TPACK-in-Action model (Tai, 2013), Shannon went through an adventurous journey. Guided by a case study approach, data were collected from multiple data sources, including course projects, observations, and interviews. It showed that Shannon not only adopted what she learned in the course but also transformed it into actions. Shannon also demonstrated a number of TPACK competency, indicating that she was able to see beyond technology in solation but rather the interplay among technology, pedagogy, and content. In all, the findings indicate that helping teachers understand TPACK and employing TPACK-in-Action model might play an important part in preparing teachers to integrate technology, which informs teacher e

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