Ji-Young Kim, a graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shared her work researching professional development programs, facilitators and teachers. Her research focused on the integration of technology with a first grade teacher (case study) that utilized Squeak to teach science. Her findings underscored the importance of the role of the facilitator in professional development especially with technology that's new to them such as Squeak. The use of Squeak bolstered that teacher's pedagogical content knowledge by requiring thought about the connections between the science and Squeak, incorporating decision making, expanding the the teacher's view of the use of Squeak in other subjects, and insights into a deeper understanding of science concepts.
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