McManus, Thomas Fox Charles, Michael T. Rubio, Reuben A. Hoffman, Ellen S. Lenze, James S.
Verschenen in:
Computers in the schools
Paginering:
Jaargang 18 (2002) nr. 4 pagina's 171-189
Jaar:
2002-07-08
Inhoud:
Like many other states, Michigan has recently instituted minimum technology standards for pre-service teachers. A group of teacher education institutions decided that that standard needed to be a baseline rather than an end goal. Together they formed the Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (COATT), whose purpose is to set in place a formal process to recognize pre-service, and eventually in-service, teachers for going beyond the mandated standard. Here we discuss both the process of bringing the consortium together and the progress of our students as they applied for the M-COATT certificate. This article discusses the origins of the consortium, the evaluation process, the results of the first rounds of evaluation, and the possible future of the consortium.