Technology Tools for Teaching: A Current Initiative in Public Teacher Training in the United Arab Emirates

Fida Atallah, Zayed University
Robin Dada

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

Proceedings of SITE 2005--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Abstract

Technology Tools for Teaching (T3) is a project designed to train in-service teachers on the use of modern technologies in the classroom. This paper provides an overview of the project and discusses its conceptual framework which draws upon current innovations in education such as Constructivist learning principles, student-centered learning, cooperative learning and technology tools. The paper presents the three stages of T3 as well as its content. Finally it discusses the challenges faced by the project, the current status and future directions.

ISBN

978-1-880094-55-6

Publisher

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Volume

2005

First Page

1269

Last Page

1273

Disciplines

Education

Keywords

Educational Technology, teacher training

Indexed in Scopus

no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license

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