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To investigate how prompts shape preservice teachers' reflections, we examined, in this exploratory case study, the written reflections responding to three types of prompts (standard-based, concept-based, and task-based) of 21 preservice teachers in an online technology integration class. We analyzed these reflections at the sentence level (total 1,503 comments), both quantitatively and qualitatively, using a framework comprising descriptive, rationalistic, and anticipatory dimensions to understand the compositions of reflections generated from each type of prompt and the kinds of teacher abilities demonstrated in each dimension. We found quantitative patterns between prompt types and the reflections generated and emergent themes in each dimension of reflection relating to teacher abilities. We conclude by discussing three prompt design features that appeared to have played an important role in shaping the reflections and suggesting implications and future research directions.

In response to national and state emphasis implementing digital technologies in the K-12 classroom, the North Carolina (NC) state board of education approved the integration of the Digital Learning Competencies for Teachers (DLCT) and the Digital Learning Competencies for School Administrators (DLCSA) for schools statewide. DLCSA support school and district administrators to improve practice, build capacity in the staff, and drive student learning within their schools. Following a mixed method sequential explanatory design, this study was conducted to explore the perceptions of NC school administrators about the DLCSA to develop digital age learning organizations and identify best practices to support teachers and students. Data were collected during the 2018-2019 academic year through a web-based questionnaire distributed to current and former Educational Leadership program students (n = 21/52) and 6 semistructured interviews. The findings supported the development of a new digital learning certificate for educational leaders.

This multiple case study describes a year-long implementation of a research-based coaching model designed to support changes in elementary teachers' technology integration practices. We examined coaches' perceptions of the model through the use of coaches' questionnaires, reflection notes, and meeting notes. Teachers' coaching experiences were also examined through end-of-year interviews. We identified successes (relationships with teachers, ability to provide personalized support, and teacher change) and challenges (time, technology difficulties, relationships, and collaboration challenges). The primary lessons learned from the coaches' experiences with the research-based PD focused on (1) the impact of personalized support, (2) the relationships between teachers and coaches, and (3) development of the coaches' knowledge.

Understanding more about the relationship between teachers' content-specific pedagogical beliefs and practices with regard to their technology will help teacher educators prepare teachers to integrate technology to support teaching and learning. This study explored the relationship between English as foreign language (EFL) teachers' content-specific pedagogical beliefs and their technology integration practices. Using a multiple-case-study research design, we examined 12 secondary-level EFL teachers' beliefs using Johnson's (1992) framework of skill-based, rule-based, or function-based. The findings suggested an overall alignment between EFL teachers' content-specific pedagogical beliefs and technology integration practices. While EFL teachers used similar technology tools, the same tools were used to support different types of teaching practices depending on teachers' content-specific pedagogical beliefs.

Increased emphasis on standardization in primary grades can stifle spontaneous literacy play. The authors argue that allowing playful, collaborative, multimodal literacies into primary classrooms and specifically in writers' workshop can expand and enliven the way we see students' literacy strengths. The authors look closely at the unique storytelling processes and final performance of a grades K-1 collaborative storytelling group, the Zombie Boys. This group worked over several weeks during workshop/playshop to produce an original story line rich in special effects, music, synchronized dance, puppets, backdrop, and props design and delivered a meaningful and entertaining play performance. The authors also demonstrate possibilities in expanded, equitable literacy assessment for primary grades by using a multimodal checklist and story line graph to gauge narrative complexity and story shape, tracking the group's minilesson uptake, and describing how peers and teachers received the group's story when performed for feedback.

Although many elementary schools have adopted one-to-one programs, we still lack information on how teachers integrate iPads or other tablets into their daily instruction, especially in early childhood settings. The purpose of this case study was to present how four experienced iPad-using early childhood teachers integrated one-to-one iPads into their literacy instruction. Based on observations and interviews, we found that these four teachers' used iPads in both teacher-directed and developmentally appropriate practices. The teacher-directed approaches focused on using iPads to practice basic literacy skills in different learning stations, while the developmentally appropriate approaches engaged students in child-centered digital production projects.