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This document contains the following papers on international issues from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2002 conference: (1) "The Management of Technological Change within Faculties in International American Schools" (Martine Audeoud); (2) "Going Global: Using a Website Development Project To Teach Technology Integration, Enhance Global Perspective, and Empower Students To Imagine the Teaching Possibilities in Their Own Technology Enabled Classrooms" (Candy Beal, James Clark, Marsha Alibrandi, Amanda Robertson, Judy Lambert, and Shannon White); (3) "International Leadership for Educational Technology: A Transatlantic Bridge for Doctoral Studies" (Niki Davis, Andrew Brown, Kara Dawson, Elsebeth Sorenson, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Glen Bull, Zahrl Shoeny, Christina Preston, and Victo Udin); (4) "Teaching and Learning in Information and Communication Technology and Modern Foreign Languages" (John L. Chatterton and Chris Willan); (5) "UAE IT Challenge Competition and Zayed University--Project Overview" (Jacques E. Morin and George Kontos); and (6) "Web-Based Learning: An Action Research" (Chien-Hsing Wang). A brief summary of a conference presentation on the Internet and education in the United States and China is also included. Most papers contain references. (MES)

This document contains the following papers on international issues from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2001 conference: (1) "Attitudes of Malaysian Vocational Trainee Teachers towards the Integration of Computer in Teaching" (Ab. Rahim Bakar and Shamsiah Mohamed); (2) "Views from an Asian Bridge: How International Students See Us and Still Survive" (Richard Cornell and others); (3) "Creating Virtual Learning Communities in Africa: Issues and Challenges" (Osei K. Darkwa); (4) "ICTs for Learning: An International Perspective on the Irish Initiative" (Eileen Freeman and others); (5) "An In-Service Program in Applied Linguistics for Language Teachers" (Diana Jenkins and others); (6) "Virtual Exchange Program: Coming to a Computer Near You?" (Chris Junghans); (7) "An Overview of Information Technology on K-12 Education in Taiwan" (Greg Lee and Cheng-Chih Wu); (8) "Findings from the Project for the Longitudinal Assessment of New Information Technologies (PLANIT): 2000-2001" (Cesar Morales and others); (9) "Evaluation of the Girls Research Opportunities in Computing (Girls R.O.C.)" (A. Dale Mangoun and Charlotte H. Owens); (10) "Teacher and Student Attitudes toward Computers, 1999-2000: Findings from a Suburban Texas School District" (Gerald Knezek and Rhonda Christensen); (11) "Teachers and Students' Attitudes toward Computers in Mexico: Results of Phase 2000" (Cesareo Morales); (12) "Preservice Teachers' Attitudes toward Information Technology in Brunei" (Mint Swe Khine); (13) "Findings from Thailand for the Longitudinal Assessment of New Information Technologies" (Nanta Palitawanont); (14) "Multimedia in Chinese Elementary Schools" (John Ronghua Ouyang and James E. Yao); (15) "An Instrument To Measure Malaysian Teachers' IT Preparedness" (Wong Su Luan and others); (16) "An In-Service Program for Ecuadorian Teachers. The Innovation of Elementary Education in the Santa Elena Peninsula Project" (Martin Valcke and Katherine M. Chiluiza); and (17) "Critical Kiwi Chronicles: Technology and Teacher Education in New Zealand" (Cameron White). An abstract of the following paper is also included: "An Introductory Internet Skills Program for Teacher Education: Or from Practice to Theory: A Case Study" (Cameron Richards and Mita Bhattacharya). Most papers contain references. (MES)

This document contains the following papers on electronic portfolios from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2001 conference: (1) "Portfolios: The Plan, the Purpose, a Preview" (Val Christensen and others); (2) "Electronic Portfolios (EP): A How To Guide" (Jerry P. Galloway); (3) "Electronic Portfolios: A Glimpse into a Child's Education" (Claire Smith Hornung); (4) "Electronic Portfolios: Developed by Preservice Educators To Show Teaching Skills and Philosophies To Be Used by Future Employers" (Roger L. Olsen and David H. Dimond); (5) "Implementing Web-Based Electronic Assessment in a Graduate Instructional Technology Program" (Melissa E. Pierson and Michael Rapp); (6) "Electronic Portfolios: Technology Integration and the Preservice Teacher" (Beverly Ray and others); (7) "The Implementation and Integration of Web-Based Portfolios into the Proteach Program at the University of Florida" (Gail Ring); (8) "Easy Methods and Media for Creating Electronic CDROM Portfolios" (Desmond Rodney and others); (9) "Online Portfolios for Educational Technology Graduate Students: An Ongoing Capstone Project" (Jennifer L. V. Sparrow); (10) "The Impact of Electronic Portfolios on Early Experience Preservice Elementary Teachers in Integrating Technology into their Instructional Process" (Jane Strickland and others); (11) "Making the Case for Science Teacher Learning: An Analysis of Argument and Evidence in Electronic Portfolios" (Carla Zembal-Sual and Tom Dana); and (12) "A Pilot Project: Integrating Multimedia Portfolio Development into the Preservice Teacher Education at Randolph-Macon College" (Zizi Zhang). Most papers contain references. (MES)

This document contains the following papers on international issues in technology and teacher education: "Developing and Researching the International Dimension in Teacher Education and Technology: A SITE Invited Panel" (Niki Davis, Therese Laferriere, Bridget Somekh, Wim Veen, and Jerry Willis); "Integrating ICT into the Curriculum: A Case Study of the Irish 'North South' Project" (Roger Austin and Jane Smyth); "A Modular Approach to Education" (Bruce Elson and Alan Phelan); "Information and Communications Technology: Teachers' and Students' Preconceptions and the Implications for Teacher Education" (D.J. Clare and J.L. Blackwell); "Promoting Collaboration in a European Context Using Multimedia and the World Wide Web" (Brian Hudson, David Owen, Alison Hudson, Eila Jeronen, and Peter Schurz); "Towards a New Curriculum for Pre-Service Teacher Education: A Response to the Challenge of the Information Age" (Marco Snoek, Douwe Wielenga, Karel Aardse, and Joke Voogt); "Preparing Student Teachers to Use ICT at Secondary School: A Course Designed at the University of Zuerich" (Wilfrid Kuster and Fortunat Schmid); "Dialogue of Teachers and Students on the Internet in Poland of the Nineties in the Context of Moulding the Creative Vital Orientations by E. Fromm" (Jacek Gornikiewicz); "Romanian Internet Learning Workshop: Building an International Community of Experts on Learning in the Internet" (Nicolae Nistor, Mihai Jalobeanu, Susan English); "The Teacher's Attitudes towards Computers in Education of Young Children" (Tamara Pribisev and Sanja Cvijic Vuckovic); "A Discussion on Integration of Educational Technology into Turkish Educational System: Is It a Tool or Aim?" (Selcuk Ozdemyr); "What Computer Education & Instructional Technology Means to Pre-Service Teachers: A Case Study of a Turkish State University" (Omer Delyalyodlu); "Furnishing Turkish Preservice Teachers with IT Skills: Hope or Hype?" (Soner Yildirim); "Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Computer: Time Dependent Computer Attitude Survey" (Ask n Asan); "Ukrainian Teacher Education in Transition: What Role Can Technology Play?" (Valentyna Kolomiyets); "Teacher Education in Russia: History and Transition" (Ludmila Gombozhabon); "The Experience of a Teacher Educator in the Use of IT in Primary Classrooms" (Winnie So Wing-Mui, Vincent Hung Hing-Keung, Jacky Pow Wai-Cheong);"Gender-Related Differences in Computer Anxiety among Technological College Students in Taiwan" (Shwu-Yong L. Huang and Liu Yeon-Chaw); "The In-Service Training Programs for Primary School Teachers To Use Information Technology in Australia and in Taiwan" (Min-Jin Lin and Ching-Dar Lin); "Teachers Readiness in Using Computers in Classroom--A Study in Malaysia" (Haryani Haron and Sharifah Muzlia Syed Mustafa); "Advocating Reflective Learning in a Teacher Training Program" (Soo-Lin Teh and Fitri Suraya Mohamad); "Distance Education Based on Computer Networks in Chile Universidad de Concepcion A Special Case" (Jose Duran Reyes and Maria Ines Solar Rodriguez); "Telematics in Professional Training: New Horizons and Possibilities" (Airton Cattani); "The Integration University--School in the Development of Collaborative Projects through Internet" (Gisela E.T. de Clunie, Damaris Gonzalez, and Zenith Hernandez); "Teachers and Trainee Teacher Perceptions about Information and Communication Technology Tools During a Multicultural European Activity" (Adriane Pierrou and Christian Bessiere). Individual papers contain references. (MES)