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Monday, June 02, 2008
Introducing Social Software to K-12 Teachers in a Research Setting - Jacqueline Waggoner and James B. Carroll, JOLT
Twelve K-12 teachers who were enrolled in a graduate qualitative research course were introduced to online collaborative software to use as part of work on group research projects. Data were gathered from one-on-one interviews, technology use surveys, and instructor reflections. Three themes appeared: a) the importance of developing learning communities when using these tools; b) overcoming inertia needed to gets students to learn new software; and c) the conflict of technology use with instructional approaches.
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