The advent of computer technology in the classroom raised the issue of its appropriate use by teachers and their students
alike. It has been recommended that teacher education programs provide more opportunities for teacher candidates’ use of technology
including teaching their own technology-enhanced lessons. With a goal of integrating scholarship into student teaching, a
teacher candidate enrolled in a graduate program in childhood education carried out a technology-enhanced research project
within a professional development school. Examining the impact of the project on the teacher candidate, this article describes
how one’s pedagogical content knowledge and technological competence can be developed through a research-oriented teaching
experience. The article also demonstrates the emergence of a community of practice that shares the goal of providing learning
spaces for the teacher candidate and young children in the context of mathematics enrichment with computers.
Keywords Teacher education - Pedagogical issues - Young children - Technology - Mathematics - Professional development school