B.S. in Elementary Education, M.A. in Educational Technology, (Western Michigan University). Ph.D. in Educational Technology, (Purdue University). Assistant Professor of Education in the Instructional Systems Technology Department. Teacher Certification in Elementary Education (PreK-6), and Science/Mathematics (6-8).

Work experience includes: Purdue University as a teaching assistant and research assistant in the Educational Technology Department, an employee for Purdue's Center for Instructional Excellence, and Professor PC as an instructional designer.

Research interests focus on: Preservice and inservice teacher education; technology integration teacher education; service learning; learning communities; and emerging technology devices as they apply to all levels of education and learning.

Current projects include: National Leveraging Technology study (http://education.indiana.edu/teachtech) to investigate how preservice teachers are taught to use technology, and how this aligns with ways inservice teachers currently use technology. In addition, working on a Parent's Guide to the Internet. Both these projects are funded by the Department of Education's Educational Technology program.

For more information, review professional website: http://mypage.iu.edu/~aleftwic/Homepage.html

• Newby, T.J., Stepich, D. A., Lehman, J.D., Russell, J.D., & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A.T. (2010). Instructional technology for teaching and learning: Designing instruction, integrating computers, and using media (5th ed). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
• Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A. T., Glazewski, K. D., & Newby, T. J. (accepted). Preservice technology integration course revision: A conceptual guide. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.
• Richardson, J. C., Ertmer, P., Aagard, H., Ottenbreit, A. & Yang, D. (2007). Factors influencing teachers' implementation of digital age literacy skills and strategies. Teacher Education & Practice, 20(3), 239-262.
• Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A. T., & Simons, K. D. (2007). Technology toolkits: An answer to integration at the preservice level. Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning Journal, 27(4), 42-44.
• Ertmer, P. A., Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A. T., & York, C. S. (2006). Exemplary Technology-using Teachers: Perceptions of Factors Influencing Success. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 23(2).
• Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A. T., & Cullen, T. A. (2006). Preserving the Legacy of PT3 Tools, Strategies & Resources: Knowledge Capture Artifacts. TechTrends, 50(3), 46-52.
• Ertmer, P. A., Simons, K. D., Jones, D., Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A., Goktas, Y., Collins, K., & Kocaman, A. (2009). Facilitating technology-enhanced PBL in the K-12 classroom: An examination of how and why teachers adapt. International Journal of Learning Technology. 20(1), 35-54.

• ECT Foundation's Young Researcher Award - ECT Foundation's Young Researcher Award is presented to the best paper reporting on a quantitative or qualitative study addressing a question related to educational technology. The winner paper will receive special consideration for publication in Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D), the refereed scholarly research journal published by the AECT, Association for Educational Communications and Technology.