Mark Hofer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6100452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Hofer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofer |
| SIGNATURE | HOFER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | William & Mary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7502-6032 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Profile of an innovator
As the context of K-12 education changes, new technologies emerge, and we increasingly focus on student-centered learning, there is a need to understand how best to catalyze and lead innovation in schools. If we can identify the key characteristics – skills, concepts, and mindsets – that innovative educators draw on, teacher educators can better assist in providing academic and professional learning experiences to grow the next generation of educ…
Examining Student-Created Documentaries as a Mechanism for Engaging Students in Authentic Intellectual Work
Over the last several decades, social studies educators' interest and emphasis on integrating technology into teaching has increased significantly. One promising area of inquiry focuses on the benefits of student-produced digital video. A number of researchers assert that student-produced digital videos provide a variety of benefits, including increases in student motivation and engagement, creative classroom opportunities, and opportunities for …
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in Action
How does teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) inform their instructional planning? How can this knowledge be enhanced? In an interpretivist study of experienced secondary social studies teachers’ planning, we sought to discover clues to the nature and development of these teachers’ TPACK-in-action as it was expressed in their planning processes. Comparisons of interview data and planning products before and after engaging…
Digital Campaigning
Educating students to understand overt, subtle, and erroneous claims made by partisan advertisers is no small feat. Often students are passive consumers who need to learn how to become critical listeners, viewers, readers, and producers of all types of media. Because of this, media literacy--the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in a variety of forms--is growing in importance in schools across the country. This artic…
Examining Student-Created Documentaries as a Mechanism for Engaging Students in Authentic Intellectual Work
Over the last several decades, social studies educators' interest and emphasis on integrating technology into teaching has increased significantly. One promising area of inquiry focuses on the benefits of student-produced digital video. A number of researchers assert that student-produced digital videos provide a variety of benefits, including increases in student motivation and engagement, creative classroom opportunities, and opportunities for …
Digital Campaigning
Educating students to understand overt, subtle, and erroneous claims made by partisan advertisers is no small feat. Often students are passive consumers who need to learn how to become critical listeners, viewers, readers, and producers of all types of media. Because of this, media literacy--the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in a variety of forms--is growing in importance in schools across the country. This artic…
Digital Campaigning
Educating students to understand overt, subtle, and erroneous claims made by partisan advertisers is no small feat. Often students are passive consumers who need to learn how to become critical listeners, viewers, readers, and producers of all types of media. Because of this, media literacy--the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in a variety of forms--is growing in importance in schools across the country. This artic…
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in Action
How does teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) inform their instructional planning? How can this knowledge be enhanced? In an interpretivist study of experienced secondary social studies teachers’ planning, we sought to discover clues to the nature and development of these teachers’ TPACK-in-action as it was expressed in their planning processes. Comparisons of interview data and planning products before and after engaging…
Examining Student-Created Documentaries as a Mechanism for Engaging Students in Authentic Intellectual Work
Over the last several decades, social studies educators' interest and emphasis on integrating technology into teaching has increased significantly. One promising area of inquiry focuses on the benefits of student-produced digital video. A number of researchers assert that student-produced digital videos provide a variety of benefits, including increases in student motivation and engagement, creative classroom opportunities, and opportunities for …
Profile of an innovator
As the context of K-12 education changes, new technologies emerge, and we increasingly focus on student-centered learning, there is a need to understand how best to catalyze and lead innovation in schools. If we can identify the key characteristics – skills, concepts, and mindsets – that innovative educators draw on, teacher educators can better assist in providing academic and professional learning experiences to grow the next generation of educ…
Mathematics education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Digital Storytelling and Education (2 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Social studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action research (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work)