View Debra Sprague's curriculum vitae in PDF format.

Dr. Sprague is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University. She is assigned to the Elementary Education Program and teaches courses that focus on technology integration. Dr. Sprague also teaches courses in the ASTL Program. Dr. Sprague completed her PhD. in the Summer of 1995 from the University of New Mexico. Her area of study was technology integration in teacher education.

Dr. Sprague's research interests focus on the use of technology to support teaching and learning. She is the co-author of Technology for Teaching, which looks at various technologies and ways to use them in the K-12 classroom. Dr. Sprague currently serves as the editor for the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (http://www.aace.org/pubs/jtate/default.htm).

Dr. Sprague has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Special Education/Elementary Education, and a Masters of Arts in Elementary Education with an emphasis on computers. She spent eight years teaching on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico.

• Technology integration in Teacher Education
• Technology Integration in K-12
• Gaming

^{_{Sprague, D. and Pixley, C. (2008).  Podcasts in the Classroom:  Let Their Voices Be Heard.  Computers in the Schools, 25(3-4), p. 226-234.}}

_{Sprague, D. and Pierson, M. (2008).  Summing up Research on Technology and Student Learning in the Content Areas: Commonalities and Recommendations for Teacher Education.   Book chapter in Bell, L, Schrum, L. and Thompson, A. (Eds.)  Framing Research on Technology and Student Learning in the Content Areas: Implications for Educators. Information Age Publishing, p. 159-171.}

Favorite Links (each opens in a new window)

• The WebQuest Page: This site provides information about webquests, a problem-centered instructional strategy for using the Internet in the classroom. Information includes the format for webquests, links to several webquests, evaluation strategies, and training materials - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. Information is categorizied by content disciplines and subjects - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Course Websites

• EDCI 557: Integrating Technology in the Curriculum
• EDIT 742: Engineering Learning Environments
• EDIT 725: Technology and Diversity

• Graduate School of Education
• Center for International Education
• Center for Restructuring Education in Science and Technology
• Center for Digital Media, Innovation and Diversity
• Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning
• Elementary Education PK-6
• Teaching and Teacher Education

• Research and Assessment in Elementary Education (EDCI - 559)
• Designing and Assessing Teaching and Learning (EDUC - 614)

• Technology and Teacher Development (EDIT - 747)
• Emerging Educational Technologies (EDIT - 750)
• Technology and Diversity (EDIT - 725)
• Interactive Technologies: Gaming and Robotics (EDIT - 742)
• TIP 2 Technology Innovations Project (EDIT - 748)
• Integrating Technology in the Elementary Curriculum (EDCI - 557)
• Assessment and Differentiation (EDCI - 545)