Study on EdTech in Teacher Preparation

By Kiersten Greene, Liz Kolb and Christie Terry

The ways that teacher education programs in the United States address educational technology have changed significantly over the past twenty years.

2000 – 2010: Literacy Phase

In the early days of internet-connected classrooms, teacher preparation programs treated educational technology as a non-essential “add-on.” When technology was included, most programs replaced a single “overhead projector” course with a class on basic technology literacy skills.

• Over half of the universities taught educational technology through standalone courses, and most programs had a “test out” option. (Gronseth et al., 2010)
• Students primarily learned “point and click” skills with software tools (Foulger et al 2012).