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Developing An Instructional Video For Educators On Blogging, Amal Ali Alsubki Jan 2013

Developing An Instructional Video For Educators On Blogging, Amal Ali Alsubki

Theses Digitization Project

This project explored teacher 's use of blogging as a discussion forum that facilitates group exchanges, develop teachers' skills in a new teaching environment, and motivate students toward a higher, more technologically based learning process.


Using Technology To Increase Parental Involvement In Elementary School, Scott Thomas Neuscheler Jan 2013

Using Technology To Increase Parental Involvement In Elementary School, Scott Thomas Neuscheler

Theses Digitization Project

Summary.;The purpose of this project was to develop an entertaining and informative way of communicating school expectations to students and parents, and to create an atmosphere where parents want to participate in school events. The DVD targeted parents who were unaware of programs offered at the school, lacks the tools to help their students with homework, as well as parents who wanted to participate but did not know where to start.


The Effect Of Cold Calling And Culture On Communication Apprehension, Kimberly Noreen Aguilar Jan 2010

The Effect Of Cold Calling And Culture On Communication Apprehension, Kimberly Noreen Aguilar

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether cold calling improved, maintained, or worsened students' levels of communication apprehension (CA) and sought to understand the effects that culture and cold calling may have on students with CA within the framework of Uncertainty Reduction Theory.


Using Technology To Enhance Back To School Night, Heidi Balatico Dacio Jan 2010

Using Technology To Enhance Back To School Night, Heidi Balatico Dacio

Theses Digitization Project

This project was intended to build communication between the school and the home. With the use of a multimedia presentation, DVD, school and classroom expectations were communicated to the parents. A survey was given to first grade parents to determine whether this DVD would be beneficial. The results of that survey showed that there was a need, and parents were wanting information in areas of school and classroom expectations, academic standards, disciplining students, and character development. Through the Assessment, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation process (ADDIE), a DVD presentation was designed, developed, and implemented to communicate these learning objectives.


Effective Classroom Management Skills In Physical Education For Student Participation, Bethel Lisa Trice Jan 2009

Effective Classroom Management Skills In Physical Education For Student Participation, Bethel Lisa Trice

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to review effective classroom management skills in physical education that can improve student participation at the secondary level excluding college.


What Contributes To Academic Achievement Among Elementary Grade Students: A Needs Assessment, Adriana Chavez, Martha Tinehyn Glomah Jan 2008

What Contributes To Academic Achievement Among Elementary Grade Students: A Needs Assessment, Adriana Chavez, Martha Tinehyn Glomah

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this research study was to investigate the needs of parents and teachers to identify factors that contributed to academic achievement among elementary grade students. Data was collected from a total of 65 parents and teachers of elementary grade students from Rowland Elementary School in Rowland Heights.


Key Communication Aspects Of A High School Website, Douglas Clayton Soles Jan 2006

Key Communication Aspects Of A High School Website, Douglas Clayton Soles

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to find and analyze data that can help schools create websites that are more useful for their students, staff, and community. There is a need in the educational community to have a blueprint for an educational tool (website), that allows students, parents, and school officials the opportunity to quickly and decisively share important information in an arena available to all and available 24 hours a day. It was completed by comparing the current websites of all the high schools in Riverside County, California.


Connecting The Teacher And Parents Through A Website To Monitor Student Progress, Shazia Ahmad Zaidi Jan 2006

Connecting The Teacher And Parents Through A Website To Monitor Student Progress, Shazia Ahmad Zaidi

Theses Digitization Project

The objective of the project was to develop an online educational technology tool based on research from multiple disciplines to improve effective communication between students, counselors, teachers, parents, and school staff. The website developed for the project aims to increase the involvement of parents in their child's academic progress. The project also includes discussions concerning the website's field testing at a middle school in Rosemead, California, its evaluation through participant surveys, and final revision. The field test participant instructions, survey questions, and a computer disc of the website accompanies the project.


Using Web Based Resources To Bridge The Communication Gap Between Parents And Teachers, Antonette Cong Tran Jan 2005

Using Web Based Resources To Bridge The Communication Gap Between Parents And Teachers, Antonette Cong Tran

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to produce a school website that promotes and enhances communication between the school and parents.


Development Of A Website To Improve Communication And Learning, Rebecca Sue Bonheim Jan 2004

Development Of A Website To Improve Communication And Learning, Rebecca Sue Bonheim

Theses Digitization Project

This project was developed to address the complex issue of disseminating information to high school students via the World Wide Web. Topics include: the need for greater communication among instructors, students and parents, the need to utilize instructional design techniques, the backwards design process in the development of web based projects; and the need to integrate internet technology for promoting instruction and learning.


Instant Access: Developing A High School Web Site For Staff, Students, And Community, Keri Lynn Freestone Jan 2003

Instant Access: Developing A High School Web Site For Staff, Students, And Community, Keri Lynn Freestone

Theses Digitization Project

This project describes the inception and development of a high school web site along with subsequent implementation issues, limitation, benefits, and recommendations visual design and learning principles and the history of hypermedia are also discussed, and a model is tendered for other schools to follow when constructing a web site.


Critical Dialogue: A Study Of Social Justice And Academic Language In Emergent Literacy, Anna Teresa Vãsquez Jan 2003

Critical Dialogue: A Study Of Social Justice And Academic Language In Emergent Literacy, Anna Teresa Vãsquez

Theses Digitization Project

This project documents the implementation of the Critical Dialogue Instructional Framework and analyzes the development of emergent writer's use of academic language functions .


Building A School Web Site, Darin Jay Clark Jan 2002

Building A School Web Site, Darin Jay Clark

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to review the literature on the importance of creating school web sites and to show how Dartmouth Middle School can successfully plan an effective site. The project focuses on the significance of having a school web site as a way to add to the communication process between school and parents.


The Effect Of Student Led Conferences On Students, Parents, And Teachers, Paul Brian Meyers Jan 1998

The Effect Of Student Led Conferences On Students, Parents, And Teachers, Paul Brian Meyers

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Gendered Rhetoric: Women's Voices In Academic Discourse, Sandra Marie Gould Jan 1993

Gendered Rhetoric: Women's Voices In Academic Discourse, Sandra Marie Gould

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Customizing The Eighth Grade Advisory Program For Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate School Students And Their Teachers, Timothy H. West Jan 1991

Customizing The Eighth Grade Advisory Program For Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate School Students And Their Teachers, Timothy H. West

Theses Digitization Project

Middle school program to promote student success and student self-awareness--Student advising.