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Teacher Education and Technology Planning Guide (2004)
This guide provides a framework of eight key categories for assessing the readiness levels of teacher education programs to ensure that their students graduate with the knowledge, skills, and predispositions for teaching effectively with technology in any setting. The eight categories are vision; leadership; faculty use of technology; teacher candidates' use of technology; funding for technology resources, training, and support; collaboration with arts and sciences; PK–12 partnerships; and meeting external mandates.

Three Preservice Programs Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology: A Study in Partnerships (2003)
This study examines teacher preparation programs at six institutes of higher education: Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina; Florida State University in Tallahassee, University of Texas at El Paso; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Western Illinois University in Macomb; and Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Preparing Technology-Competent Teachers for Urban and Rural Classrooms: A Teacher Education Challenge (2002, Case Studies within)
This report by Kathleen Fulton of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, Dr. Allen Glenn of the University of Washington, Dr. Gilbert Valdez of NCREL, and Dr. Robert Blomeyer of NCREL is the third in a series of NCREL papers that investigate how teacher education programs are preparing tomorrow's teachers to infuse technology into the learning experiences of America's students. This study examines six teacher education preparation institutions set in urban or rural settings and reviews how they are organizing to prepare new teachers for working in urban and rural environments. Also, it investigates how technology is used as a tool for improvement within the programs, as well as how the recent implementation of teacher education standards has impacted the success of these programs in preparing potential teachers to work in the field. (Audience: higher-education teachers, higher-education administrators, education policymakers, education researchers)

Emergence of Technology Standards for Preservice Teacher Education (2002)
This brief paper by Dr. Allen Glenn of the University of Washington is the second in a series of NCREL papers investigating how teacher education programs are preparing tomorrow's teachers to infuse technology into the learning experiences of America's students. It focuses specifically on the emergence of standards related to technology in teacher education programs. Information on relevant standards sets—such as those sponsored by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teachers—is provided, and major attention is given to the recent emergence of these standards in the teacher education field. (Audience: higher-education teachers, higher-education administrators, education policymakers, education researchers)

A Perspective on the Renewal of Teacher Education (2002)
This brief paper by Dr. Allen Glenn of the University of Washington is the first in a series of NCREL papers that investigate how teacher education programs are preparing tomorrow's teachers to infuse technology into the learning experiences of America's students. It provides a background for the other papers to follow, and it establishes a context for this work by examining general and historical trends in teacher education renewal over the past half-century. (Audience: higher-education teachers, higher-education administrators, education policymakers, education researchers)