Journal of Advances in Education Research

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DOI: 10.22606/jaer.2017.22004

• Carol Klages^*
  School of Education, Health Professions, and Human Development, University of Houston-Victoria
• Jane Fry
  School of Education, Health Professions, and Human Development, University of Houston-Victoria

Students today are called “digital natives” because they are born into a virtual world, with accessibility to cell phones, computers, iPods, and YouTube (Prensky 2001). Digital natives see technology as the framework for learning in and out of the classroom. However, their experience and enthusiasm for technology is not embraced by many teachers. This investigation describes teacher candidate perceptions of a secondary instructional strategy using the Voice Thread tool as a vehicle for teaching and learning.

Virtual, technology, teacher, perceptions.

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