This evolution is aided by the development of
standards related to technology integration in teacher preparation programs (International Society for Technology in Education [ISTE] 2002b; National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education [NCATE] 1997), national teacher education reports advocating technology integration (American Council of Education, 1999; National Commission on
Teaching and America's Future, 1996), awards and recognition for teacher education programs demonstrating
exemplary technology integration (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2002; ISTE, 2002a) and federal grant initiatives that support the integration of technology in teacher education (United States Department of Education [USDOE] 2002).
What I found most interesting when reading through those important
standards is that the lessons I traditionally
taught in the library media center each week were not
exemplary.
It also helps to allow new teachers to watch experienced teachers who are
exemplary models of different
teaching and learning
standards, and discuss with them how these teachers have worked toward these
standards.