TED Awards

Awards

Smaldino & Herring Teacher Leadership Award

Sharon Smaldino and Mary Herring have long believed that leaders need to think outside of the box and take responsibility for the greater good. They also believe that outstanding professionals may not acknowledge their own leadership capacity and role within the field of teacher education and educational technology. Leadership pathways open to individuals through mentoring and support, thus  it is important to advance other‘s leadership potential through recognition and support. This award focuses on leadership development and promotion by helping nascent and emerging Teacher Education Division (TED) scholars participate more fully in current and future leadership roles.

Recipients
2024

Danielle Fernandez
University of Georgia
2023

Jiyoung Kim
Indiana University
2022

Ai-Chu Ding
University of Georgia
2021

Irene Bal
Old Dominion University
2020

Cecil R. Short
Brigham Young University
2019

Frances Alvarado-Albertorio
Oklahoma State University
2018

Stacie Slusher
Morehead State University
2017

Janet Liao
Indiana University
2017

Kalianne Neumann
Oklahoma State University

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Scholarly Advancement of Teacher Education

This award recognizes individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the field of educational technology and teacher education.

Recipients
2025 Craig Shepherd

University of Memphis
2024

Cecil R. Short
Emporia State University
2022

Susan Stansberry
Oklahoma State University
2021

Royce Kimmons
Brigham Young University
2020

Theodore J. Kopcha
University of Georgia
2017

Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich
Indiana University
2016

Mary Herring
Northern Iowa University
2015

Clif Mims
University of Memphis
2014

Sharon Smaldino
Northern Illinois University

Sorensen Service to the Division

Dr. Christine Sorensen joined TED as a graduate student and was a member for over two decades. She served as both TED Member-at-Large and as TED Representative to the Board. For years, she single handedly supported the Smaldino & Herring award through her own financial contributions. For this and more, she was awarded the Service to the Division award posthumously in 2023 and the award was renamed to the Christine Sorensen Service to the Teacher Education Division Award. This award recognizes individuals who have provided consistent and dedicated service to the Teacher Education Division.  Although past presidents may receive the award, the intent is to recognize individuals who provide less visible service either currently, over a number of years, and/or in the past.

Recipients
2024

Irene Bal
Loyola University Maryland
2023

Christine Sorensen
University of Hawaii
2022

Craig Shepherd
Memphis State University
2021

Jacob Hall
State University of New York at Cortland
2020

Kalianne Neumann
Oklahoma State University
2019

Patricia Young
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2018

Jason Siko
Madonna University
2017

Kristin Brynteson
Northern Illinois University
2016

Jesse Strycker
Ohio University

Best Proposal

This award recognizes high quality TED Concurrent Session proposals at the annual convention. 

Recipients

2025

"Teaching Anxiety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Examining the Impact of Digital Self-Efficacy and Social-Emotional Competence Among Pre-Service Teachers" by Yanbei Chen, Jing Lei, Qiu Wang (Syracuse University)

2024

"Improving Preservice Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy Through Artificial Intelligence-Supported Virtual Simulation" by Nuodi Zhang, Fengfeng Ke, Alex Barrett, Sherry Southerland, Luke West, Saptarshi Bhowmik, Xin Yuan (Florida State University) & Chih-Pu Dai (University of Hawaii at Manoa)


"Experiential Learning Program Design for Teacher Retention in Rural Alaska" by Timothy Jester (University of Alaska Anchorage) & Aleesha Towns-Bain (Bristol Bay Foundation)
2023 "Preparing elementary teachers for computer science instruction: A randomized control study" by Ruohan Liu & Jennifer Maeng, University of Virginia
2022 "An open resources to guide K-12 blended learning, K-12 Blended Teaching (Vol. 2): A Guide to Practice Within the Disciplies" by Cecil R. Short*, Charles R. Graham**, Jered Borup***, Karen T. Arnesen**, and Michelle Jensen****; Emporia State University*, Brigham Young University**, George Mason University***, Alpine (Utah) School District****
2021 "Teacher response model: A possible evolution for our quest for technology integration" by T J Kopcha*, Kalianne Neumann**, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich***, and Elizabeth Pitman*, *University of Georgia, **Oklahoma State University, ***Indiana University
2020 "Educational data literacy of K-12 teachers and pre-service teachers" by Jan Gerhard Delcker*, Michael J. J. Roll*, Clara Schumacher**, and Dirk Ifenthaler*, *University of Mannheim, **Humboldt University
2019 "Supporing pre-service teachers' goal-setting with digital badges" by Zui Cheng, Jennifer Richardson, and Tim Newby, Purdue University
2018 "The relationship between teacher education courses and technology integration attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge: A meta-analytic series" by Matthew Wilson and Albert Ritzhaupt, University of Florida
2017 "A simulated classroom environemnt offers strategic practice for pre-service teachers" by Tara L. Dalinger, Kathy Thomas, Susan Stansberry,  and Ying Xiu, Oklahoma State University
2016

"The relationships between professional development for elementary teachers and student achievement in science" by Lequisha Brown-Joseph and Sally Evans, University of Phoenix

JTILT Technology-Rich Lesson Plan Competition

The award recognizes educators for original, technology-rich, lesson plan development situated in PK-12 (or equivalent) educational settings.

Recipients
2025

Building Vocabulary with Canva: Digital Storytelling for 3rd and 4th Grade English Language Learners by Claire Sanderlin (Auburn University at Montgomery)
2024

"Understanding Author's Purpose: 5th Grade Becomes the Authors!" by Brittany Musgrave Rivera (University of North Texas)

"Join the Sons of Liberty!: Exploring 1773 Bloxels Boston" by Elisa L. Shaffer (Old Dominion University)
2023

"Fortune-Telling finches: Linear functions and predictors" by Brian T. Johnson* and Rebecca Bramwell**, University of Memphis* and Springdale Public Schools/Lakeside Junior High** 

"Building a collaborative game controller with Makey Makeys" by Nate Turcotte, Florida Golf Coast University

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