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Evaluating Tech Tools For Literacy: A Research-Based Checklist, Todd Cherner, Peggy Hopper
Evaluating Tech Tools For Literacy: A Research-Based Checklist, Todd Cherner, Peggy Hopper
Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications and Presentations
With an emphasis placed on students reading and writing digitally, this presentation offers attendees a resource they can use to evaluate the literacy implications for using different apps and websites.
Involving Literacy And Technology: An Action Research Study To Improve Teacher Candidates’ Practice, Todd Cherner, Kristal Curry
Involving Literacy And Technology: An Action Research Study To Improve Teacher Candidates’ Practice, Todd Cherner, Kristal Curry
Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications and Presentations
As reflected in the new generation of “college- and career-ready” standards, developing students’ literacy abilities has become an educational initiative. In addition, software developers are continually releasing a range of educational website, apps, and programs intended to support student learning. The challenge then becomes how teachers can use these evolving instructional technologies to develop their students’ literacy abilities by combining them with their content and pedagogical knowledge. In this action research project, two teacher educators set out to study how their candidates used instructional technology during their internship for these purposes. In this article, the researchers will provide a background …
Educational Apps In The Blended Learning Classroom: Bringing Inquiry-Based Learning Into The Mix, Todd Cherner, Alex Fegely
Educational Apps In The Blended Learning Classroom: Bringing Inquiry-Based Learning Into The Mix, Todd Cherner, Alex Fegely
Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications and Presentations
With schools investing heavily in mobile technologies and emphasizing blended learning lessons, teachers are being required to create learning experiences that utilize these technologies to further prepare secondary students for college and the workforce. In this article, the authors first present a brief vignette intended to be representative of the emotions and pressures facing teachers as they prepare to teach with these new technologies. Next, the authors provide a framework teachers can use to create app-based lessons, which are lessons that use multiple apps to engage students in an inquiry-based learning experience. To provide further support, the authors include two …
Launchpad: Using Students-Owned Computers In The Classroom, Justin James Whiteford
Launchpad: Using Students-Owned Computers In The Classroom, Justin James Whiteford
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to address the need for integrated technology in schools by presenting LaunchPad as a means of implementing student-owned laptops in the classroom.
A Web Page Of Curricular Resources For The Computer Literacy Class: Grades 7 - 9, Kelly Sue Daly
A Web Page Of Curricular Resources For The Computer Literacy Class: Grades 7 - 9, Kelly Sue Daly
Theses Digitization Project
This project is a web site dedicated to providing computer literacy resources that assist teachers in designing quality, interesting, and educational curricular units directed toward adolescent learners.
Digital Portfolios: Advancing Assessment Through Technology, Sherrie Ann Juras
Digital Portfolios: Advancing Assessment Through Technology, Sherrie Ann Juras
Theses Digitization Project
The project discusses how evolving technologies used to create digital portfolios can demonstrate student achievement in virtually unlimited ways. Evidence of student growth and achievement can be documented digitally. Such evidence can take the form of text, graphics, photos, sound, video data, and can even include database records of standardized or course-end test scores and grades.
A Survey To Determine The Educational Value Of Audio-Visual Materials Brought To School By Intermediate Grade Pupils, Frederick K. Packer
A Survey To Determine The Educational Value Of Audio-Visual Materials Brought To School By Intermediate Grade Pupils, Frederick K. Packer
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to determine teachers’ opinions about (1) the relative educational value of the materials brought to school by intermediate grade pupils, (2) teachers’ attitudes toward the bringing of these materials, (3) the comparative value of these materials in terms of behavioral changes in pupils, and (4) the value of using pupils as a source of audio-visual materials.