Gratek - Friday Conference Programme

Benefits and Limitations of Faculty Authorship of Open-Access Multi-Touch Textbooks: A Case Study Analysis (M. Mills)

Michael S. Mills - Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Central Arkansas, USA

Teacher Education Candidates’ Responses to the First Year of a 1:1 Mobile Learning Initiative (D. Wake)

Donna Wake - Associate Dean, College of Education, University of Central Arkansas, USA

Most Innovative Technology Lessons Ever (A. Clarke)

Anne-Marie Clarke - Lecturer/ Research Supervisor, PME Post Primary Research Faculty, Hibernia College, Dublin, Ireland

Teachers don't Tweet...an exploration of mobile technologies and social media with academics & pre service teachers (S. Wright)

Sarah Wright - Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, Edge Hill University, UK

Writing and iPads in the Early Years: Perspectives from Children and Teachers (T. Sweeney, J. Dunn)

Tony Sweeney - Lecturer in Teacher Education, Froebel Department of Primary & Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, Ireland, Dr. Jill Dunn - Stranmillis University College Belfast

Measuring the impact of using Ipads to improve Mathematics Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge Among Primary PGCE student Teachers (S. McGill)

Shauna McGill - Course Director for the PGCE Primary course, Lecturer of Education, Ulster University, Northern Ireland

Between lectures and teaching practice: how to become reflective teachers using mobile devices (D. Parmigiani)

Davide Parmigiani - Associate Professor of Education, Department of Education, University of Genova, Italy

iBooks Author: A literary review (D. Hamill)

David Hamill - PhD candidate, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Measuring the Outcomes of a 1 to 1 Teacher Education Program (T. Cullen)

Theresa A Cullen - Associate Professor, Jeannine Rainbolt School of Education, University of Oklahoma, USA

Mobile technologies, language and literacy in Early Childhood and Primary education: 10 cool considerations for professional learning (G. Oakley)

Grace Oakley - Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia

Exploring Pre-service Teachers' Justifications for an iPad Technology use in schools (C. Gallchóir, O. McGarr)

Ciarán Ó Gallchóir & Oliver McGarr - School of Education, University of Limerick, Ireland

Embracing Change - The Agile Teacher's DNA (A. Agnew)

Anne-Louise Agnew - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

How does mobile technology facilitate teachers to learn outdoors? (E. Whewell, R. Heaton & H. Caldwell)

Emma Whewell, Rebecca Heaton and Helen Caldwell - Faculty of Education and Humanities, The University of Northampton, UK

Teacher Perceptions Related to Mobile Technology Adoption in Southeastern US Schools (C. Hodges)

Charles B. Hodges, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Instructional Technology, College of Education, Georgia Southern University, USA

Georgia State Parks: A Multi-touch Textbook Created with Students (C. Greer)

Chris Greer - Professor of Instructional Technology, Georgia College, USA

From Teacher Education to Opportunity to Learn - Creating the Conditions for Teacher Innovation (B. Holland)

Mrs. Beth Holland - EdD Candidate/ Writer/ Consultant, School of Education, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Perfect Storms - A Case Study of the introduction and implementation of a reconceptualised 120 credit Initial Teacher Education (ITE) consecutive programme utilising a reconceptualised Technology embedded Teaching, Learning and Assessment approach in an Irish Higher Education Institution (HEI) (M. Dhuinn)

Melanie Ní Dhuinn - Assistant Professor, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin

The Confusing Landscape A surfeit of advice on educational digital design (A. Scholl)

Ann Scholl - Innovative Learning Lead, Office of the Provost, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Run, Jump, Code. Everyone Can Do It? (C. Penny)

Chris Penny - Professor, Educational Foundations & Policy Studies, West Chester University, USA

Testing a model of CPD for the introduction of ePortfolios in Irish Education. Farrell, R. Brown, M., McNamara, G., O'Hara, J. and O'Brien, S. (2017)

Rachel Farrell and Martin Brown - School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland

Lights, tablet, reflection 2.0 (J. Harford & R. Farrell)

Judith Harford & Rachel Farrell - University College Dublin, Ireland

Social media and the trainee teacher (M. Pullen)

Mathew Pullen - Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, Lecturer Primary Itt, University of South Wales

Supporting and Scaffolding Pre-service Teachers' Technology Integration in Elementary Mathematics Lessons (A. Thomas)

Amanda Thomas - Assistant Professor, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education, College of Education & Human Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Bridging the gap. An investigation of ITE tutors use of digital technologies for ITE preparation on the island of Ireland (R. Austin, M. Brown, P. Cowan, J. O'Hara & S. Roulston)

Roger Austin - University of Ulster, Martin Brown - DCU Institute of Education, Joe O'Hara - DCU Institute of Education, Stephen Roulston - University of Ulster

Engagement and Technology: Revisiting the Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge Framework (TPACK) in Higher Education (HE): The Academics' Perspectives (M. Glowatz)

Matt Glowatz - Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Business, University College Dublin

Towards a Virtual Gaeltacht: Designing an immersive, online environment for overseas Irish language students (R. Connolly)

Ronan Connolly - PhD candidate, National University of Ireland Galway